Saturn F30

Captured 01/19/03, 06:25 GMT, Dia. 20.57"

LX200 8" + 3xTeleVue Barlow + Vesta Pro CCD

This image was made under good seeing conditions (6-7 on my personal scale of 1-10). Seven 1 minute AVIs were collected at 5 FPS, 320x240. The best 145 of 2100+ frames were selected with AVI2bmp, stacked with AstroStack, adjusted with PhotoShop.

 Saturn F30

Captured 01/01/03, 06:25 GMT, Dia. 20.57"

LX200 8" + 3xTeleVue Barlow + Vesta Pro CCD

This image was made on New Year's Morning just after midnight. This image was made under good seeing conditions (6-7 on my personal scale of 1-10). Four 1 minute AVIs were collected at 5 FPS, 320x240. The best 140 of 1200+ frames were selected with AVI2bmp, stacked with AstroStack, adjusted with PhotoShop.

 Saturn F30

Captured 12/15/02, 07:00 GMT, Dia. 20.66"

Celestron 8" + 3xTeleVue Barlow + Vesta Pro CCD

This image was made on the evening before Saturn's Opposition. This image was made under very good seeing conditions (7-8 on my personal scale of 1-10). Seven 1 minute AVIs were collected at 5 FPS, 320x240. The best 39 of 2100+ frames were selected with AVI2bmp, stacked with AstroStack, adjusted with PhotoShop.

 Saturn F30

Captured 11/24/02, 06:30 GMT, Dia. 20.4"

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). Five 1 minute AVIs were collected at 5 FPS, 320x240. The best 156 of 1500+ frames were selected with AVI2bmp, stacked with AstroStack, adjusted with PhotoShop.