Saturn captured by my Telescope

Short video and processed image from Saturn's opposition last night. Not my best capture of the planet. I'm also not as proficient with the planets as I am with DSO's. I usually use a mono camera but last night I tried my OSC ASI533CM Pro (cooler turned off). I really need an ADC (Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector) if I want to use OSC. The blue shift was very noticeable. I had some success in processing it out but overall sharpness was impacted. Might try again in a few days with my asi178mm if the seeing is good.
For those not familiar with planetary astrophotography let me explain what you are seeing.
The video has a green bias due to the camera sensor being more sensitive to green than red and blue.
To create a image of the planet, you record video. You then use a program that stacks the best quality video frames into a single image. This image is then processed in editing software to correct the color, reduce noise & sharpen details.
Equipment used:
Celestron Edge HD 8
ZWO ASI533MC Pro
Skywatcher EQ6R Pro
Optolong Lum filter
Music:'Midsommar' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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[@jupiter_tv]

Amazing!🌟

[@DSOImager]

Thanks!

[@Si-fp2ij]

Very nice work James 👏🏻👏🏻🔭🌌

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Si!

[@AstroSoundscape]

Nice job James that was looking pretty stable, assume it was a pretty good night. Lovely music.

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Ollie! The seeing was decent last night. It took me a bit to find Saturn in the scope.. partly because the focus was so far off after adding the barlow and I had trouble finding a star to get back on focus.

[@Felldisulfide]

Great resolution! You can even make out some separation within the inner rings and banding in the clouds. Nicely done!

[@DSOImager]

Thanks! I feel the shot I took a couple years ago was a little better.. that night had exceptional seeing.

[@avt_astro206]

Nice Sharp views James! Am I the only one who thinks in this way: The music Fits Perfectly, with that seeing condition 😂, Saturn is Jiggling with the rythm! Nice sharp photo at end! CS

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Avanteesh! It's interesting how well music fits this hobby :)

[@dumpydalekobservatory]

Lovely image of Saturn James I haven't done much planetary imaging in such a long time, I started out planetary imaging using old webcams then I used a QHY5L-II although tech has come on in leaps & bounds since then.

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Tich! I don't image planets much.

[@SimonsAstro]

What a transformation James, excellent mate👍

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Simon!

[@LogansAstro]

Great views of Saturn. Looks like the air was pretty stable that night.

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Logan! Yea.. it was a decent night.

[@actudoran]

that's beautiful James! I am so chuffed that my C11 now works with the 585 ... need a good 2-3x Barlow and planets are on the menu 😅 .... what Barlow do you use? is it showing any colour aberration? I got a cheap one and am not that happy with it ... will try it just for the sake of it ... but am looking for a decent Barlow with more than just one lens 😂

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Alex! I'm using a cheap x2 barlow, don't remember the brand.. "Antares" I think. There was noticeable aberrations. I didn't see them when shooting mono which makes sense. I think an ADC would solve that problem.

[@actudoran]

@@DSOImager surely a good ADC solves problems especially at low elevation where you get pas 2 airmass index ...

[@DSOImager]

@@actudoran Yea, I'm certain that would solve the issue. I'll either get one of those.. or go back to mono :)

[@michaelasbury5473]

Fantastic image! Did you use the 0.7x reducer or was this at the full 2032mm focal length?

[@DSOImager]

Thanks! I did have the .7 reducer on there.

[@michaelasbury5473]

@@DSOImager that’s awesome that it was that large in your FOV. I’ll have to try that with my EdgeHD 800.

[@DSOImager]

@@michaelasbury5473 I did drizzle 3x in AutoStakkert which helped.

[@michaelasbury5473]

I hadn’t thought of that! Good to know!

[@chridignan9178]

Lovely. What filter were you using?

[@DSOImager]

Thanks! I was using an optolong luminance filter.

[@chridignan9178]

@@DSOImager Thanks. Good to know. Fabulous result!