Astrophoto's - Saturn

SATURN

12/31/2003

This picture was taken with the Meade 12" SCT along with the Autostar Suite LPI Imager. This is a stack of 30 of the best images taken at .177 second using a 2x barlow lens at the prime focus. The final image was processed further using Microsoft Photo Editor as well as Adobe Photoshop Elements.

01/21/2006

Diameter: 20.35"

Visual magnitude: -0.2 magnitude

Taken with my Meade 12" LX200 GPS UHTC. E.F.L. 9000mm with Televue 3x barlow. 120 seconds captured with ToUcam Pro and Astrovideo at 5 fps at 1/25 second shutter speed, 640 x 480 pixel image size. 430 frames stacked in Registax (v3). Applied wavelets, unsharp masking, noise reduction, adjusted brightness levels with IRIS and Adobe Photoshop Elements (v2)