Lord of the rings

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
Taken on: 2012-12-30, 07:50 UTC+1
Exposures: 400 x 30ms at 22db gain
Stacked and post-processed in Registax

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Taken on: 2013-05-28, 01:27 UTC+2
Exposures: 4000 x 10ms at 24db gain
Custom stacking in HALCON
Post-processed in Registax
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
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
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
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).