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Saturn First Light
Saturn First Light
My first image taken with the Flea3 camera.
Taken on: 2012-12-30, 07:50 UTC+1
Exposures: 400 x 30ms at 22db gain
Stacked and post-processed in Registax
Saturn System
Saturn System
Composite image to show Saturn and its moons at different exposure settings. Moons are Titan, Rhea, Enceladus, Tethys and Dione in clockwise order.
Taken on: 2013-03-13, 02:55 UTC+1
Exposures A: 5000 x 5ms at 24db gain
Exposures B: 150 x 1000ms at 24db gain
Stacked in Registax
Post-processed in Registax and The Gimp
Composited in The Gimp
Saturn Closeup
Saturn Closeup
Another attempt at Saturn
Taken on: 2013-04-15, 02:41 UTC+2
Exposures: 6000 x 10ms at 24db gain
Custom stacking in HALCON
Post-processed in Registax
Saturn through Barlow
Saturn through Barlow
An attempt at using a cheap 2 x barlow lens. Not much to gain in effective resolution but maybe a slight improvement
Taken on: 2013-04-21, 02:46 UTC+2
Exposures: 3000 x 12ms at f/20 and 24db gain
Custom stacking in HALCON
Post-processed in Registax
Bands of Saturn
Bands of Saturn
Trying again and again ...
Taken on: 2013-05-27, 22:58 UTC+2
Exposures: 15000 x 10ms at 24db gain
Custom stacking in HALCON
Post-processed in Registax
Saturn in Galileoscope
Saturn in Galileoscope
Saturn in Galileoscope
Taken on: 2013-05-28, 01:27 UTC+2
Exposures: 4000 x 10ms at 24db gain
Custom stacking in HALCON
Post-processed in Registax
Hyperion
Hyperion
View of Saturn system including faint Hyperion and far-away Iapetus. Composite of multiple exposure times (all exposures have same field of view). Next image is annotated version.
Taken on: 2013-05-27, 23:30 UTC+2
Exposures A: 200 x 3ms at f/5 and 24db gain
Exposures B: 40 x 500ms at f/5 and 24db gain
Exposures C: 40 x 4000ms at f/5 and 24db gain
Custom merging and stacking in HALCON
Post-processed in Registax
Hyperion (annotated version)
Hyperion (annotated version)
Annotations regarding previous image
saturn_dusk.png
saturn_dusk.png
An image of Saturn taken under unfavorably conditions in September shortly after sunset at an altitude of only about 10°. Taken on: 2013-09-05, 20:49 UTC+2
Exposures: 7000 x 20ms at 24db gain
Custom stacking in HALCON
Post-processed in Registax

Unless otherwise stated, all astrophotos were taken with a Celestron CPC 800 XLT (8″ f/10 SCT) using a Flea 3 camera (FL3-GE-13S2-C).