Hello to you all.
Here is my first attempt at Saturn. Seeing was quite good at 5 + but Saturn low in the sky at 27 degrees. In fact the view at the eyepice was probably the best I have ever seen. I struggled all night with focus though and I think this shows in the image. There is as not as much of the Cassini division visible as I would have expected.
Six inch f8 Dobsonian 10 mm Plossl and 2x Barlow. with handheld afocal Sony Digital Handycam. Best 85/376 processed in Registax2 and post processing using Gimp (unsharp and curves). Image reduced by .75 from original.
I also pre-processed the video in Virtualdub using chroma noise reduction and spatial noise reduction. Chroma noise reduction significantly reduces stray colour noise which apparently originates on the magnetic tape as part of the recording process.
Best wishes Mike Ashburn
Here is my first attempt at Saturn. Seeing was quite good at 5 + but Saturn low in the sky at 27 degrees. In fact the view at the eyepice was probably the best I have ever seen. I struggled all night with focus though and I think this shows in the image. There is as not as much of the Cassini division visible as I would have expected.
Six inch f8 Dobsonian 10 mm Plossl and 2x Barlow. with handheld afocal Sony Digital Handycam. Best 85/376 processed in Registax2 and post processing using Gimp (unsharp and curves). Image reduced by .75 from original.
I also pre-processed the video in Virtualdub using chroma noise reduction and spatial noise reduction. Chroma noise reduction significantly reduces stray colour noise which apparently originates on the magnetic tape as part of the recording process.
Best wishes Mike Ashburn
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