Hi,
I finally got around to processing the video of Saturn I took on October 14th with my Philips Vesta 690K webcam. This was taken through the 16" Ealing scope at the Salt Lake Astronomical Society's SPOC II observatory. It has a focal length of about 5000mm. The image through the scope was like trying to see through boiling water. It was impossible to get a good focus because the image was swimming in and out of focus all the time, so I made my best guess and took a shot. I took 5 minutes of video at five frames per second and used Registax to select align and process the whole mess. Neat little program.
Not up to snuff with some of the other images of late, but it is still my best shot of Saturn to date. I look forward to refining my technique and my focus. 8^)
Paul
I finally got around to processing the video of Saturn I took on October 14th with my Philips Vesta 690K webcam. This was taken through the 16" Ealing scope at the Salt Lake Astronomical Society's SPOC II observatory. It has a focal length of about 5000mm. The image through the scope was like trying to see through boiling water. It was impossible to get a good focus because the image was swimming in and out of focus all the time, so I made my best guess and took a shot. I took 5 minutes of video at five frames per second and used Registax to select align and process the whole mess. Neat little program.
Not up to snuff with some of the other images of late, but it is still my best shot of Saturn to date. I look forward to refining my technique and my focus. 8^)
Paul
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