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Re: i gave the LPI a second chance.....best saturn to date...

WABarry — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:41:11 GMT

For the planets, best results are obtained with the combination with a long focal length scope, a 3x [or more powerful] barlow, and a webcam with a fairly high built in magnification. A video clip of about 60 seconds at 10 fps isn't too much. So, you want large scale.....up close and personal.

The rest comes from the processing. I think Registax 4 [free] is awfully hard to beat for aligning, stacking and wavelet processing. It can really do wonders with a mediocre video clip.

There is nothing wrong with your image that a little more scale wouldn't improve. Focus is of course very important, but "seeing" is probably THE most important. If the seeing isn't average or better, wait for another night.

Nice work!

Re: i gave the LPI a second chance.....best saturn to date...

Doberman — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:24:56 GMT

Nice pic there Starwolf

Re: i gave the LPI a second chance.....best saturn to date...

Starwolf — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:33:47 GMT

Yo Mo,

Nice pic

That's pretty much the same way I get Saturn with about 6 images stacked. (No motor drive). Just my pic is alittle larger...

I don't think another 100 exposures would have made a difference. The LPI is pretty much touch-n-go with how the images come out. The pic looks good (detail wise). I would probably recommend a barlow in the 3x range to increase image size.

i gave the LPI a second chance.....best saturn to date...

MoFoYa — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:24:00 GMT

maybe i'm just not using the LPI to it's fullest potential, but i can never get great results with it. (i got a really bad mars with it last time i tried!)

anyhow, i thought i'd give saturn a go tonight. i've imaged saturn a couple of times before; the LPI actually did pretty good. the seeing was average, and i seem to be having dificulty determining best focus (magic eye!?! where's the magic?)

it is my best saturn so far, so i can't talk too badly about it. this one is 100 images through my 8" F/10.

Q: would another 100 have made much difference?