Saturn + Storm + Moons 18th n 19th March

[AztecastroMcJ]

Bit better conditions for these than last time, focus was bit better, altho prob 1 frame out 10 were really only worth keeping.

18th slightly better than 19th esp storm detail, so after couple x3 planet captures i decided to try for moons

Could only make out Titan at 1st on laptop, but when focused could spot Rhea aswell, other 2 were unseen until registax and wavelets applied.

craterlet>vdub>castrator>registax>gimp>phixr

1st pic 18.3.11 - 1.30am 930/3000 frames

2nd pic 19.3.11 - 1.35am 430/1800 frames

3rd pic combined pic2 @ 70% reduced size with moon's pic taken prime focus f/11.8 this was cropped and resized 200%

stack 900/1400 altho moons showed well on 250 reference frame stack with bottom 3 wavelets adjusted

4th pic same as above but with pic1 Saturn used instead

5th pic same pic 4 only extra unsharp mask and saturation and contrast

more info on pics, questions, comments appreciated

James

[neil phillips]

Nice work James, i like the moon names attached

[astroman001]

Great set of images, nice to see th emoons as well, they were very prominent visually before I started imaging.

regards

Peter

[Space Cowboy]

Love the detail James!

[AztecastroMcJ]

thx guys yeh was chuffed with getting moons over d moon LOL

for some reason never try'd getting Saturns Moons before,

tho i had accidentally captured Titan last year

was good to bag 3 other Moons i never got before

viewing at EP and webcam i could only spot brightest 2

cheers James

[bigal1]

Great set of images James well done

[saturn5]

Great series of detailed images,cracking stuff.

[AztecastroMcJ]

thx again for all comments

still fairly happy with these esp moons

but hopefully better conditions will allow better results

cheers

James

[Spikey]

Great pics James.

Really well done woth the moons, I'll have to have a go at that