Saturn w/SV-102

I've been not so lucky with the weather for quite some time now. Dec 26 was the last time i was able to image Saturn. Its a 443 frame from 2000 stack in Registax 3. Taken with a ToUcam in my 4" apo with stacked 2x barlow and 2.5x powermate. The left side is full size and the right side is 2x size. In the 2x images you can see a little of the Crepe ring. (at least i think thats the Crepe ring) Images were processed a little more in PaintShop and Neat Image. Seeing IIRC that night was not good. Maybe 2-3 out of 5.

Thanks for looking.

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John,

Very nice!! I'm glad to see someone else imaging Saturn with a 100mm apo refractor. I am using an ED100 and your images are a hair sharper. Your's show quite a bit of detail and similar to mine...just goes to show that aperature isn't everything...almost, but not quite.

Paul Maxson

John Krawczyk said:

I've been not so lucky with the weather for quite some time now. Dec 26 was the last time i was able to image Saturn. Its a 443 frame from 2000 stack in Registax 3. Taken with a ToUcam in my 4" apo with stacked 2x barlow and 2.5x powermate. The left side is full size and the right side is 2x size. In the 2x images you can see a little of the Crepe ring. (at least i think thats the Crepe ring) Images were processed a little more in PaintShop and Neat Image. Seeing IIRC that night was not good. Maybe 2-3 out of 5.

Thanks for looking.

Nicely done John!
You got some good detail & colors, specially considering your conditions...


Thanks!

Hi John,

That's a very nice image, even more so considering your conditions. Thanks for sharing.

Clear skies,

Ed Roach