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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: Ian on Nov 29, 2003, 09:09:00

Title: Saturn on Thursday night.
Post by: Ian on Nov 29, 2003, 09:09:00
Sorry for not making the meal, Jak and Evie are both ill with snotty head colds. I've not been idle though, I braved last nights crunchy grass and frozen locks on my shed and took this. It is a stack of around 600 frames...

(http://212.104.156.50/astropics/saturn28.11.03.jpg)
Title: Saturn on Thursday night.
Post by: Ian on Nov 29, 2003, 09:11:00
now I've seen it on my crt, it looks a little too yellow. I'm going to fix that, it looked much better on my LCD screen. Watch this space for a revisited image...
Title: Saturn on Thursday night.
Post by: Whitters on Nov 29, 2003, 09:19:00
Still looks very nice though
Title: Saturn on Thursday night.
Post by: JohnP on Nov 30, 2003, 05:10:00
Hi Ian,

That's a very nice image. What scope/ camera did you use?

It was good meeting you last Thursday albeit very short - Sorry I couldn't make it to the pub. Hopefully we will have a chance to talk a little more at the next meeting. Have you ever managed to image the Encke division? Any idea on minimum apperture/ F ratio needed to achieve this?

Cheers,  John.
Title: Saturn on Thursday night.
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Dec 01, 2003, 04:34:00
That reminds me, I must call you and pickup those drives, if thats ok.  Can you send me your contact details to my e-mail address?

Nice image though, I also took one on Thursday, its a little small and I have no idea how to load it up on this site so I can't show you at the moment.


Title: Saturn on Thursday night.
Post by: Ian on Dec 01, 2003, 05:16:00
my address is on the "behind the scenes" forum. It'd be best to leave it until the weekend, I'm not here during the week. Private Message me to arrange...
Title: Saturn on Thursday night.
Post by: Ian on Dec 01, 2003, 05:22:00
and to answer John, it's an Orion Optics 8" F6 Europa, a 5x powermate and a toucam pro, fitted with a True Technologies IR block filter. About 600 frames of 1000. Seeing was about 5 out of 10 in my subjective personal scale where 10 is "blimey" and 1 is "go back to bed". I not really happy with it yet, so I'll be reworking the AVI and reposting.