A Late Season Saturn in Good Seeing

[Mike Salway]

On Sunday night, 3rd May, I was out capturing some images of the Moon for a friend and even though I was using the ED80 and DMK, I noticed the seeing was quite steady so once finished with the Moon, I put the 12″ Newt back on my EQ6 mount.

I was pleased to see Saturn quite steady on the screen, with the Cassini Division visible in the raw video during moments of stable conditions. I only captured 2 runs, as I knew the seeing wasn’t going to get any better at that time, but it was enough to capture my sharpest image of Saturn this apparition - a great surprise for being so late in the season.

I had to reprocess it to get rid of some blue, and here is the reprocessed version.

More here:
A Late Season Saturn in Good Seeing (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2009/05/06/a-late-season-saturn-in-good-seeing).

Thanks for looking.

[MidnightSun]

Awesome shot Mike....:cool: That's what it's all about.......:D:D

[Treat me like a tourist]

Spectacular!

[Nighthound]

Outstanding image Mike. The last time I looked at Saturn there was no tilt in the rings at all(been a while). Nice to see the ellipse again.

Thanks, its' a beauty.

[SteveInNZ]

It caught me out too - I was thinking the same thing (Wow, those rings opened up quickly) and then noticed the date of the image. D'oh !:)

Steve.

[Celestron]

WOW Mike ! Great shot ! I'm also glad to see the tilt starting , i tried when it was edge on and thats harder than i thought .

[VIGER]

Nice, nice, nice. : )

What Canon camera have you used ?

[Adrena1in]

... then noticed the date of the image. D'oh !:)

Me too. I keep getting that when someone resurrects an old thread! Still a lovely image though.

[ejicon]

simply amazing. Thanks for sharing

[VIGER]

I noticed the DMK camera ... realised that by googling that that camera only does planetary photography.