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060223 Saturn
A slightly better Saturn shot than my last one.
Small steps are ok, as long as they are forward...
Best vewed large.
This photo was taken on March 15, 2006.
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Mr Geoff, Spiegel, Gallo Quirico, Matt Cline, and 161 other people added this photo to their favorites.
-mrh (76 months ago | reply)
A very fine Saturn image!
Mr Geoff (76 months ago | reply)
Seriously nice!
[ CK ] (76 months ago | reply)
Whoa Dave!! that's an amazing image.
you should take these pictures more often ;)
Gallo Quirico (76 months ago | reply)
Great definition.
Vaeltaja (76 months ago | reply)
Excellent capture.
jpstanley (76 months ago | reply)
Fantastic! I think I see the Encke gap.
chipdatajeffb (76 months ago | reply)
Most EXcellent! Very nice detail and the processing is flat right across the rings. Hard to do.
Ramsay (76 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot, I'm all out of superlatives!
CountryDreaming (76 months ago | reply)
So beautiful it literally brings me to tears. Instant fave.
MelWillis (76 months ago | reply)
this is amazing to say the least.
kostaki (75 months ago | reply)
I agree, your progress is amazing, no matter how small the steps are, you are leaps beyond a lot of us.
Ticky L (75 months ago | reply)
Triffik
[ CK ] (75 months ago | reply)
Wishing you a
Happy Day
and I'm placing this little green man
to make sure you do just that! :)
DeeperSea (75 months ago | reply)
Stellar. Can you describe your set-up?
kth58 [deleted] (75 months ago | reply)
I'm speechless!,it's a marvellous astronomical image :)
dgoodin (75 months ago | reply)
Thanks!
My setup is an 11" Celestron SCT scope on a Losmandy G11 mount. However, there are 3 secrets to planetary photography:
1. Excellent seeing - you have to wait for a good night. In this case I waited for over a year.
2. modified webcam based video (fancier cameras don't work as well. Here I used a Neximage (essentially a Toucam pro) in which I removed the imaging chip and replaced it with a B&W verion, and firmware to force it to output RAW video instead of the Bayer color filter array conversion.
3. Final secret. Collect 5000 video frames and use special software (Registax) to sort through these frames and select the best 10% or so for stacking.
Thats probably more than you wanted to know...
lucycat (75 months ago | reply)
Quite an accomplishment! Bravo!
ahsup (75 months ago | reply)
i'm flabbergasted.
IrenaS (75 months ago | reply)
Um. Wow.
~Kaku (75 months ago | reply)
Superb!
Astrowoosie (75 months ago | reply)
nice image you must have a good scope, what size? I use a meade LXD 55 250mm and toucam.
Andrei Lintu (75 months ago | reply)
Well done! We just got a dome so I'll be trying this out!
I also have a modified RAW webcam!
free gift that comes with the meal (73 months ago | reply)
inspiring
Joe & Christelle (72 months ago | reply)
What telescope have you used for those very fine shots of Saturn and else?
Chase Davis (70 months ago | reply)
So putting my camera to my telescope lens isnt going to work, makes me feel better, thats how i do it for the moon, this is a great image.
dgoodin (70 months ago | reply)
No, but doing the video thing is not as hard as you think and its rewarding. A stock Neximage camera ($99) is all you need (and a computer of course). The software (registax) is free (or nearly so for the latest version).
Bill Bynum (70 months ago | reply)
Is that the Encke minina?!? Outstanding shot!
Esther Demaría (70 months ago | reply)
This planet looks so nice with his rings :-)
catadelcentro (70 months ago | reply)
WOW!!!
:O
'Bobesh (70 months ago | reply)
that's just fricking amazing to get a shot like this. a fav.
(i mean multiple shots - video stream) and then stack them to produce this. just amazes me
madcurtis (69 months ago | reply)
great shot, you really got a good focus.
marylea (69 months ago | reply)
This shot is so great it almost doesn't look real! How could the sky hold such things??!! Thanks for sharing these wonderful images.
mikeyfreedom (68 months ago | reply)
mate!!!!
That is seriously fantastic!
AngelikaRaven (64 months ago | reply)
ooooooooooh!!!!! : ) brilliant!
my faved it!
brentdanley (64 months ago | reply)
I love it! Awesome Saturn shot.
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Buzz Light Beer (63 months ago | reply)
美しいっす
eyfrytrfmgr (62 months ago | reply)
Wow!!!!!!!! Beutiful!!!!!!!!!!!!
rashmi_vadoothker2000 (62 months ago | reply)
It is so beautiful
Sabby3000 (61 months ago | reply)
i have no words at all to describe how perfect this is!!
Mr. Sinistrus (60 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Planets, Stars and Space, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
lisaisagirl (59 months ago | reply)
All I can say is WOW.
rodmandirect (59 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot - please allow me to join the people who are saying "Wow" - great!
flutterbideas (55 months ago | reply)
awesome!
Gunjan verma (51 months ago | reply)
amazing capture!!
'Camera baba' aka Udit Kulshrestha (51 months ago | reply)
mother of christ....WOW!!!
manan upadhyaya (51 months ago | reply)
wooowwwww
ashish-verma (51 months ago | reply)
Fabbb!!!
nichbri (51 months ago | reply)
Superb shot!
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Ωméga * (51 months ago | reply)
Quelle cliché fantastique !!!
What a fantastic shot !!!
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really good photo, i like it loads