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Saturn April 2nd a.m. U.T., my best

Started by Exosearch, 04/02/2010 08:07AM
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Posted 04/02/2010 08:07AM | Edited 04/02/2010 02:39PM Opening Post
Jason Higley
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I think it's one of my best Saturn's.

http://setisociety.org/Saturn-MVI_1635-slpt6.jpg

The sky/seeing was very good, afocal Canon Powershot SX-100 in video mode (just over 2100 frames after tossing the trash), Criterion RV-8 scope (with newly added cork to the drive clutch I decided to add at the last minute, interupting cool down at mid-point and almost caused me to miss this run), Orion SteadyPix camera holder (the older one), TMB Planetary II EP, Virtual Dub to extract the AVI, Registax 5 to align, stack, and wavelets sharpen, and Roxio Photosuite 5 to process exposure.

Regards, Jason Higley

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Jason, that is remarkable. You must be close to the limits of your equipment/method with that one...but don't quit! Very cool!
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Great catch Jason! 8)
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Very nice, Jason!

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Very nice!
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Hi Jason, that's an excellent looking Saturn with great color and detail... congratulations! Seeing must have been very good that night in Florida. Dan grin
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Jason, Excellent image! Contrast & colors are sweet. Your afocal images keep getting better. Thanks for posting

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