Saturn, March 1

Started by awesley, 03/02/2009 05:21AM

Posted 03/02/2009 05:21AM Opening Post

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Two nights ago I found some good seeing for a while, here's a colour composite image of Saturn, approx 1500 frames in R and G, and 1200 in B.

Regards, Anthony

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Posted 03/02/2009 05:23AM #1

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...and here's a short animation of 2 red-channel images showing quite a bit of cloud detail in the 8 minutes between the frames.

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http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20090228-1440-1448-R/s20090228-1440-1448-R.gif

regards, Anthony

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Posted 03/06/2009 03:17PM #2

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Anthony, great image!
What scope/camera are you using?

Thanks for sharing! 8)

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Posted 03/06/2009 05:53PM #3

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Hi Anthony, good detail! I see the rings are starting to light up. regards, Dan 8)

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