Look at Saturn RIGHT NOW! (Astrophotography)

Saturn's opposition is on September 9, 2024 this year. Don't miss out :-)!
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[@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy]

Great video, Waldo. With Saturn so low in your sky, that was a great image. - Patrick -

[@AstroForumSpace]

Thanks so much Patrick! It's "Wido" by the way :-). You can probably do a lot better with that C11 in the heavenly backyard!

[@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy]

@@AstroForumSpace Darn spell checker. The Celestron 11 EDGE HD is sitting and waiting for these pesky clouds to get out of here. It's been about a month now since I uncovered it. I might luck out in about 3 days. Yes, at my latitude of 32N, Saturn will be about a good 20 degrees higher in the sky than what you are able to view. Clear skies, WIDO

[@XtraaMints]

Just got the Seestar and Saturn was the first object I pointed it at, very small through it but you can see the rings. Amazing to see

[@m1thumb]

Nice video. Your work on production quality is very apparent. Good job, and great content!

[@bertdownriver]

Good job and thank you.

[@martynh5410]

Saturn gets up to almost 50 degrees for me in Southern California. Your Saturn image looks very good, especially considering your latitude and weather!!

[@AstroForumSpace]

Tx Martyn! I waited until midnight and took 18000 frames, selected the best 25%, stacked and used a new beta wavesharp tool.

[@martynh5410]

@@AstroForumSpace wow 25% of 18,000 frames! I don’t think I ever captured more than 3,000 frames on any planet but I had USB2 at that time. With that many frames you could try stacking just the best 10% and compare results.

[@lavers_1]

very nice presentation! well put together with the ambient music.

[@ApoorvaIyer]

What is your workout and diet plan? You have gotten into great shape when looking at your older videos!

[@pjcur]

Great job! Groetjes van Curacao.

[@mikehardy8247]

I recently purchased a Sky-Watcher 250mm Dobsonian with SynScan capability, so it has goto and tracking capabilities. I've been spending lots of time viewing Saturn. Also photographing and videographing with my phone. I have an Asi178 planetary/guide camera. I can't quite get it to focus. The sensor needs to get closer to the diagonal mirror (and thus the primary mirror). I'm going to try a shorter 1.25 to 2 inch adapter. I can see 5 moons in my bortle 9 yard. Thanks!

[@craiglowery4427]

Great video. Will you be explaining what wavelet sharpening software you use?

[@AstroForumSpace]

Wavesharp (beta) + registax

[@jimcummings1085]

Another awesome video, thanks for posting! What did you use to animate the stars?

[@jesuschrist2284]

No atmospheric dispersal control thing?

[@murraymacd]

Wido, I’ve also got a C8 (vintage 1980s orange tube) and am slowly modernising it. Could you share the details of the brackets you’re using for your Asiair and guide scope.

[@amp2amp800]

With planetary seeing is everything.... then aperture, by which I really mean seeing... since seeing affects larger apertures disproportionately. Helaas, we live at the bottom of a well Wido. Still a nice video though! Thanks!

[@petelopez5826]

Did you have to use a focal reducer on the sct?

[@ParkinsonsWarrior]

Great videos! Where in NL are you?

[@AstroForumSpace]

Utrecht

[@ParkinsonsWarrior]

⁠great!!! I lived in Amsterdam a few years back and the light pollution was awful. We are looking for darker skies. 😊 Following your adventures!

[@murraymacd]

Also, what guide scope are you using. I’ve heard conflicting views on how powerful you need the guide scope to be with a c8 to get good tracking.

[@Tomhall-zd9ht]

I'm a little puzzled about your focus. I have a Edge 9.25 but I can't get focus with my asi678 directly behind the scope, without a reducer/flattener. I had to add a couple of extension tube to get focus.

[@AstroForumSpace]

I can get focus with the Edge HD 800 without adding extension tubes.

[@christophdunkel1562]

Question. I have a similar setup with C11 and ASI585MC but no guide scope. And I fail all times with plate solve with any of the plate solvers recommended in Nina. Astap needs ages and can only resolve it very occasional. Any ideas?

[@mikehardy8247]

Do you use Asistudio as an interface between the zwo asi678 camera and laptop?

[@AstroForumSpace]

No, I use sharpcap as explained in the video.

[@psuaero100]

Do you care about the back focus distance? I also have an Edge8 and I'm trying to decide if it's worth working out the 133.5mm distance or just getting it in the ballpark. I'm going to run a 2x Televue and then a ZWO EFW and finish with either a 178MM or my 294MM.

[@taras3702]

Back focus is if no concern while using planetary cameras to image planets. I have an 8-inch EdgeHD SCT and never needed to take this into account, but the effective focal ratio is another story. You want to use an effective F/ratio about five times that of the pixel size in microns for best resolution and signal to noise ratio. Cooking is not needed.