Latest Saturn image

Hi Folks

Latest Saturn image


CG11 @ f/22
TUC Pro in RAW mode - 1/25thsec exp, gain about 60%
1046 bmps of a total of 1304 - quality set at 80% on Regi3
Seeing crap - 3/10

Dave Gradwell

Fab image Dave!
That's a very distinctive lime-green band. Haven't seen that before. You caught quite a few cloud bands there actually. Very nice!
I *think* you might also just about got the Encke Minima (as opposed to the Encke Division) as well. If you play with the brightness and contrast a little it might become a little more apparent.

Whoa Nelly! That's a great image .. how we gonna believe the seeing was 'crap' :lol:

The image is pretty big, what's the optical train? And did you resample in Registax or is that the native scale?

Congrats on a great result Dave!

-- Denis Slattery

Dave,
that is one of the best images of Saturn by an amateur I've seen in a long time! One note though, with your extra high gain, have we a bright "bubble" on the center equatorial belt? Sunshine over-brightened a tad?

Still, it is worth framing! Super shot!

Seanie

Dave,
very nice
certainly way more belts visible there then I've seen before.
I took an image there on sunday and I thought mine was fine
until I saw this :oops:
Did you use a barlow?

Bloody awesome Dave:) Your shots just keep getting better!! One of these days the cassini probe is gonna appear on one of your photos:)

Keep up the great work.