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Saturn, Nov 27th

Started by vbert, 11/28/2004 02:01AM
Posted 11/28/2004 02:01AM | Edited 11/28/2004 02:07AM Opening Post
Posted this image on the CCD forum but its really more appropriate here. I woke up at 2 am to Pickering 4 skies but decided to tough it out anyway. While I had my eye glued to the EP the seeing improved dramaticly around 4 am so out came the webcam. The seeing was a P7 for about an hour, then went bad again about 5 am. This is my best Saturn to date and I feel very lucky to have gotten it. Thanks to Chris Go for helping me with the color balance on the Toucam. He suggested I set it to auto for about 10 seconds, then back to manual which freezes it so it will not change during the imaging session. It worked like a charm. Orange tube C8 @ F30, toucam pro, 1100 frames stacked, Seeing P6 to P7. Thanks for looking, Vince

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Posted 11/28/2004 03:32AM #1
damn nice photo, never gotten anything close with film. So, what is the cost of the toucan setup?
thanks, Brian
Posted 11/28/2004 10:14AM #2
Vincent,

An excellent image of Saturn. The South Equatorial Belt (SEB) appears to contain delicate bright (white) material. The pastel green SPR collar is apparent as well. The rings show variation on brightness. Thank you for sharing this image.

Carlos
Posted 11/29/2004 04:00AM #3
Hello Vince,

Excellent image with lots of belt details!

Regards,

Chris