Saturn by brevis

Photography • Space • posted on Dec 31, 2004

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Got a new toy for Christmas and got to try it out tonight for the first time! The seeing was horrible, but I'm happy with the result. Hopefully I'll have a lot better stuff soon!

Comments (10)

jpg4jrk

12:06AM | Sat, 01 January 2005

Wow that's kinda cool! Can't wait to see more. Must have been an expensive toy! :-)

jacoggins

12:52AM | Sat, 01 January 2005

good shot, I wish I could do astrophotography, but my telescope doesn't do well for photography...oh well

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Corwin13

4:34AM | Sat, 01 January 2005

Excellent result, indeed! Fantastic image!

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jcv2

5:02AM | Sat, 01 January 2005

Shooting celestial objects is not easy and this is an impressive example of details to be seen! A very happy new year with lots of new challenges!

ctrepan2

9:55AM | Sat, 01 January 2005

Isn't the universe out there fantastic... Nice shot!

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Onslow

12:24PM | Sat, 01 January 2005

Fabulous pic - well done. How did you take it then ?

brevis

3:21PM | Sat, 01 January 2005

It was taken through a 9 1/4 inch telescope using a webcam type device that captures a video of the object (Saturn in this case). The software then breaks down the video into single frames. It then "stacks" the frames together - this results in a much better signal to noise ratio thereby bringing out more detail than in a single frame. This picture is most likely towards the lower end of the quality achieveable with this device. It was very humid last night and Saturn had just cleared my roof, so all the heat disturbing the air didn't help. In addition to that, it was rather windy - bad news for imaging :-) Anyway, I'm very happy with my first shot with it and hopefully I'll have some much better stuff soon! Thanks to all for the comments and rankings! Happy, safe, and prosperous new year to all.

tony_br22

6:29PM | Sat, 01 January 2005

oh, super done

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Beemer

3:40PM | Tue, 11 January 2005

Absolutely Fascinating! It is amazing what new camera and computer technology can achieve now. I remember the first time I saw Saturn's rings in a backyard telescope, it changes your perspective. So different than seeing pictures in a book. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Deagol

10:25PM | Sun, 12 February 2006

Not bad for bad seeing. Better than anything that I have ever come up with