Saturn with ASI120MC

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turfpit
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Saturn with ASI120MC

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A recent capture of Saturn (July 16th 2017):
saturn.png
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Equipment
Celestron C8, CG5 mount, ASI120MC camera, no filters or barlow, Lenovo T400 laptop.

Capture details
  • 2000 frames at 50fps
  • Colour Space RAW16
  • Capture Area 320 x 240
  • Gain 90%
  • Exposure 16ms
For this camera and planet capture, Brightness=0 (to get histogram to 'whale' shape), Gamma=50 (ZWO recommendation).

SharpCap histogram
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Capture method
  • Set gain=90%
  • Adjust exposure until RHS of histogram at 80%
Processing
  • PIPP, crop to 160 x 120
  • Autostakkert, 17 APs, sharpen selected, best 66% frames stacked
  • Registax, used sharpened _conv.tif file, RGB balance -> Auto Balance, no wavelets
The attached Saturn-x2.png is a Registax resize to 200% of the above. My ZWO ADC has arrived from the USA, so I can start looking at the colour fringing issue now.

At 53 degrees N, Saturn is about 16 degrees above the horizon for me.

Dave
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Re: Saturn with ASI120MC

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Nice!!!!
Thanks for all the details, Dave.
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Re: Saturn with ASI120MC

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Post by felipesg »

Great Image,

Thanks for sharing.
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