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Saturn F30 Captured 02/08/02, 03:30 GMT, Dia. 19.14" Meade LX200 8" + 3xTeleVue Barlow + Vesta Pro CCD This image was made under good seeing conditions (6-7 on my personal scale of 1-10). Eight 1 minute AVIs were collected at 5 FPS, 320x240. The best 137 of 2400+ frames were selected with AVI2bmp, stacked with AstroStack, adjusted with PhotoShop. |
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Saturn F33 Captured 02/02/02, 02:00 GMT, Dia. 19.35" Celestron 8" + 3xTeleVue Barlow + Vesta Pro CCD This image was made under very good seeing conditions. Four 1 minute AVIs were collected at 5 FPS, 320x240. The best 124 of 1200+ frames were selected with AVI2bmp, stacked with AstroStack, adjusted with PhotoShop. The final image was reduced to 75% of the AstroStack result size. |
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Saturn F33 Captured 01/14/02, 03:30 GMT, Dia. 19.92" Celestron 8" + 3xTeleVue Barlow + Vesta Pro CCD This image was made under very good seeing conditions. Six 1 minute AVIs were collected at 5 FPS, 320x240. The best 133 of 1800+ frames were selected with AVI2bmp, stacked with AstroStack, adjusted with PhotoShop. The final image was reduced to 75% of the AstroStack result size. |
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Saturn F33 Captured 12/19/01, 02:30 GMT, Dia. 20.48" Celestron 8" + 3xTeleVue Barlow + Vesta Pro CCD This image was made under good seeing conditions. Sixteen 1 minute AVIs were collected at 5 FPS, 320x240. The best 47 of 4800+ frames were selected with AVI2bmp, stacked with AstroStack, adjusted with PhotoShop. The final image was reduced to 75% of the AstroStack result size. |
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Saturn F33 Captured 11/21/01, 07:00 GMT, Dia. 20.53" Celestron 8" + 3xTeleVue Barlow + Vesta Pro CCD This image was made under excellent seeing conditions. Saturn was directly overhead. Six 1 minute AVIs were collected at 5 FPS, 320x240. The best 66 of 1800+ frames were selected with AVI2bmp, stacked with AstroStack, adjusted with PhotoShop. |
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Saturn F10 Long Exposure Captured 10/21/01, 11:40 GMT Celestron 8" + Vesta Pro SC CCD This image is a single 20 sec. exposure. |
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Saturn F33 Captured 9/30/01, 11:40 GMT, Dia. 19.25" Celestron 8" + 3xBarlow + Vesta Pro CCD Seeing was very good (7-8). 164 Frames selected from 2642 frames accumulated from 10 AVIs with AVI2bmp, registered & stacked with AstroStack and adjusted with PhotoShop. |
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Saturn F33 Captured 9/23/01, 11:40 GMT, Dia. 19.01" Celestron 8" + 3xBarlow + Vesta Pro CCD Seeing was very good (7-8). 163 Frames selected with AVI2bmp, registered & stacked with AstroStack and adjusted with PhotoShop. |
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Saturn Occultation Captured 9/10/01, 12:30 GMT Celestron 8" + Vesta Pro CCD Seeing was not good (5-6). This is a single frame from one of many AVIs collected during the Occultation. This proved to be a very difficult imaging situation. The Moon was extremely bright and Saturn was very dim. |
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Saturn F33 Captured 9/2/01, 11:30 GMT, Dia. 18.29" Celestron 8" + 3xBarlow + Vesta Pro CCD Seeing was excellent (8-9). Best 150 of 163 Frames selected with AVI2bmp, registered & stacked with AstroStack and adjusted with PhotoShop. |
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Saturn F33 Captured 8/25/01, 10:50 GMT, Dia. 18.03" Celestron 8" + 3xBarlow + Vesta Pro CCD Seeing was excellent (8-9). Best 89 of 1200 Frames selected with AVI2bmp, registered & stacked with AstroStack and adjusted with PhotoShop. |
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Saturn F33 Reprocessed Reprocessed the image data from the above image. Deleted about 12-14 frames, Realigned to previously aligned results, Reprocessed (Unsharp Mask 3 and Deconvolve Cit 1), downsized to 80% of original size. Cassini division better defined around front of Saturn, Encke minimum (?) visible along right side of ring. Lost definition of cloud features. |
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Saturn F23 Captured 8/12/01, 11:00 GMT, Dia. 17.64" Celestron 8" + 2xBarlow + Vesta Pro CCD Seeing was very good (7-8). Best 74 of 1100 Frames selected with AVI2bmp, registered & stacked with AstroStack and adjusted with PhotoShop. |
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Saturn F9.1 Captured 8/5/01, 11:00 GMT, Dia. 17.44" Celestron 8" + Vesta Pro CCD (121 Frame AVI registered & stacked with AstroStack) |
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Saturn F23 Captured 8/5/01, 11:15 GMT, Dia. 17.44" Celestron 8" + 2xBarlow + Vesta Pro CCD (121 Frame AVI registered & stacked with AstroStack) |
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Saturn F33 Captured 8/5/01, 10:40 GMT, Dia. 17.44" Celestron 8" + 3xBarlow + Vesta Pro CCD (121 Frame AVI registered & stacked with AstroStack) |