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Saturn: 2012-04-28 @ 00-44-35gmt, Fernando

Saturn: 2012-04-28 @ 00-44-35gmt

Equipment

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Acquisition details

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Description

2012-04-28 @ 00-44-35gmt

First image of Saturn in apparition of 2012. Seeing was ordinary, 2.8/5 but stable all the time. Result just reasonable. Main objective here is to register the moviment of the ring system over the years. Note the polar region is clearly visible in this image.

Details:

Scope: GSO RC 8" f/8

Power Mate: x4

Camera: Flea3

Filters: Astronomik II

Stack: 500 frames of LRGB (each)

Processing:

Autostakkert: Stacking

MaximDL: Registration and LRGB combining

Post-Processing: Astraimage: Deconvolution Lucy-Richardson and resamplig

Photoshop: Curves and contrast adjust.

Note: Image resampled 150% using Mitchel algorithm

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Saturn: 2012-04-28 @ 00-44-35gmt, Fernando