Some Saturn images with the N 150/750 + ASI 224 MC gear.
2018.09.12. 20 34 07
2018.09.12. 20 34 07
2018.09.12. 20 34 07
2018.09.14. 20 42 08
2018.09.14. 20 22 49
2018.09.14. 20 22 49
2018.09.14. 20 22 49
2018.09.16. 17 13 37Z
Saturn reprocessed
Saturn 2018-09-02
Saturn’s Moons, and some star – 2018-09-02
While recording the planet, I also exposed a few frames for the moons. Then I used Stellarium to align the properly exposed planet to the rather noisy background. The outcome had a surprise too, a 10.15m star I failed so far to identify. Below I show the steps of the process the picture went through from the stack, via composing, to the final image. Mimas is more like a wishful thinking — there are some lighter pixels there though –, but Enceladus is clearly there. The moons on the final picture are from the pixels of the original recording, the Stellarium layer was nothing but a guiding tool.
Saturn – 2018-09-02
Saturn, 2018-09-02
Tonight I put up the N 150/750 scope, with the almost-for-free extension tube to get meaningful sizes for the projection of the planets. Because the ADC I order from the internet still has not arrived, the dispersion is severe. However, there is a trick: to get the most out of the Cassini division, I used only the red channel as luminance, so lots of editing went into each Saturn-picture. The seeing was surprisingly good at first glance, but the stack quality revealed it was more of wishful thinking. Camera: ASI 224 MC, mount: HEQ5. The grey 1.25″ extension tube is from the nearest hardware store.
Some Saturn images
Saturn
Using the HEQ5+MC102/1300+ASI224MC setup, I’ve been recording Saturn. Some stack contain the best 5% of 10k frames. And I present a compositing process, showing Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Enceladus and maybe Mimas.
(tovább…)
Saturn – 2018-08-03-04
Saturn
From very bad to almost good seeing conditions, it was everything in just a few seconds. I used the N 150/750 on the HEQ5 with the ASI 224 MC camera.
Another processing approach
Planetary images from the long weekend
ε Lyrae
Using the N 150/750 on the HEQ5 and the Scopium webcam, I obtained the following frames. Do note that planetary imaging means a technic – many frames, a 1-2 minutes long video of short frames, stacked -, essentilly lucky imaging, so planetary does not mean a target type. Just sayin’ :P
The clouds obscured the occultation of Porrima, so next time.
Some Solar System
Sunspot 2661
A few clear hours, in conjunction with my free time, allowed me to take some photos: the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn. I still could not find Enceladus. The setup: N150/750 and MC 102/1300 on the HEQ5, Scopium and CCD Labs Q-Guide webcam.
Saturn, ε Lyrae, β Cygni
Saturn
Rendhagyó módon derült este volt, hát fotóztam. A HEQ5 pro állványra került a 150/750-es tubus a scopium webkamerával.
