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A recent capture of Saturn (July 16th 2017): 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 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

Nice!!!!
Thanks for all the details, Dave.

Great Image,

Thanks for sharing.