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Title: Saturn on the 2nd March with the ETX125
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Mar 02, 2004, 17:47:00

Hi,

Froze me bits off last night and took the following image of saturn, this is a draft image because I only selected 140 frames, when I get a change to do it properly it should look quite good.

(http://www.jumpers4goalposts.org.uk/images/Saturn20040302-1154.jpg)

Meade ETX125 with Meade 2x barlow.

Title: Saturn on the 2nd March with the ETX125
Post by: JohnP on Mar 02, 2004, 17:55:00

Looks great - Cassini all the way round. A really good image for a 5-inch scope with a >half moon not that far away...! I look forward to seeing the final. Have you rescaled image at all?

Cheers, John

Title: Saturn on the 2nd March with the ETX125
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Mar 02, 2004, 17:58:00

No this is exactly the size on the CCD, just as well I didn;t borrow the 3x Barlow :smile:

Title: Saturn on the 2nd March with the ETX125
Post by: Ian on Mar 02, 2004, 18:52:00

looking good Chris.

I look forward to seeing the finished result. How many frames did you capture in total?

Title: Saturn on the 2nd March with the ETX125
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Mar 02, 2004, 19:37:00

I have a total of 1,500 frames in 3 AVI's I'm going to merge them, get the best frames then process them. They we're all taken consecutively (after re-aligning the mount) using the same settings.

Title: Saturn on the 2nd March with the ETX125
Post by: Whitters on Mar 03, 2004, 06:08:00

Chris are you using any filters , IR Block etc?

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