Austin Philp on Nostr: Planet season is coming back! Was up at Tahoe this past weekend and managed to get a ...
Planet season is coming back! Was up at Tahoe this past weekend and managed to get a good look at Saturn!
It's not in an ideal position for viewing yet, but it was good enough to snag this picture
Taken with a ZWO ASI224MC on an 8 inch Dobsonian telescope with a 2x barlow. The effective magnification was around 265x and no tracking was used, so the frames were captured over a dozen or so recording sessions back to back where I'd position the telescope, let Saturn track across the sensor window.
Each recording session only lasted about 15s before Saturn would leave the sensor frame.
The final image was processed from around 1,000 frames using AutoStakkert, then finished in GIMP.
You can make out some cloud bands and even the Cassini Division (that's the gap between the outer-most ring and the inner ring sections).
Hopefully later in the season when Saturn is at opposition I can grab an even higher quality version!
#astrophotography #astronomy #saturn #space #photography
It's not in an ideal position for viewing yet, but it was good enough to snag this picture
Taken with a ZWO ASI224MC on an 8 inch Dobsonian telescope with a 2x barlow. The effective magnification was around 265x and no tracking was used, so the frames were captured over a dozen or so recording sessions back to back where I'd position the telescope, let Saturn track across the sensor window.
Each recording session only lasted about 15s before Saturn would leave the sensor frame.
The final image was processed from around 1,000 frames using AutoStakkert, then finished in GIMP.
You can make out some cloud bands and even the Cassini Division (that's the gap between the outer-most ring and the inner ring sections).
Hopefully later in the season when Saturn is at opposition I can grab an even higher quality version!
#astrophotography #astronomy #saturn #space #photography