Saturn Near Opposition - My First Planetary Image (Jonny Bravo)

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Saturn Near Opposition - My First Planetary Image

Revision title: 3x Drizzle

Saturn Near Opposition - My First Planetary Image

Revision title: 3x Drizzle

I got a very nice, clear weekend night to image. Having spent the majority of my recent night under the stars trying to dial in my GT81, I decided to try something different. So, I pulled the GT81 off the mount and put the 8" EdgeHD on. For my imaging train, I took out the Celestron OAG and just put in the T-adapter and spacers. I really didn't have any idea what I was doing, so a lot of this was just winging it. First, I used NINA to plate solve and slew to Saturn. Once tracking, I then focused each of the R, G and B filters and recorded the focuser position. Next, I opened up SharpCap and used it to capture the video. I used ASICap to change the focuser and filters between each video. I ended up using 3 minute videos of each R, G and B channels at about 30fps with a 640x480 sensor ROI.

Processing was again winging it. I used AS!3 to stack and take the best 20%. Then, I used Registax to sharpen. Afterwards, I brought into PI to combine the R, G and B channels. I took the color image back into Registax where I did an auto color balance and a bit more wavelets. There was no rhyme or reason other than... OK, that looks pretty good. Finally, I brought the image back into PI and did a little saturation boost and saved it in a format to upload here.

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Title: 3x Drizzle

Description: For this version I did a 3x drizzle stack in AS!3. I also tweaked the colors a bit so it's not as blue dominant.

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