The Ringed Planet 110306

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The Ringed Planet 110306

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Hi all,
Here is a collaborative image of Saturn taken during the Penang Astronomy Convention courtesy of William and Jin.

Image Details:
Imaging Instrument: Takahashi FSQ106 with Extender Q
Barlow: 5X Televue Powermate
EFR: F/40
Seeing: Slighly above average
Transparency: Thin haze
Filter: No
Exposure: 1/25
FrameRate: 10FRPS
Imaging Device: Toucam Pro II
Stack: 1500 selected frames
Date: 11th March
Time: i was dreamin' then...forgotten

Notes: Focus is still a tad off, and probably need to up on the exposure or raise gamma. A bigger aperture will help too. hee...
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Hi,
The shadow cast on the ring look really nice... :)

Have a nice day.
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wooT the cassini division can be seen relative clear, nice one!
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Post by HoO_Germany »

Yeah,
it is a deffinetly nice image you made.
You can deffinite the different rings very well on this image.

Clear skys
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Post by boothee »

Hi Friend,

I agree with Weixing. Amazing image especially the shadow on the ring!

Cheers !!!

;O)
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hi,
thanks for the kind words from everyone. would strive for better images soon! and hopefully with even better seeing!
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