Current Saturn Images
ZWO ASI178MC Camera Images
Capture Notes: ZWO ASI178MC camera, unless otherwise indicated. 8 inch Meade LXD55 SCT and 3X barlow. ASIStudio is being used to capture the videos.
Processing Notes: Final processing has been done using AutoStakkert for stacking, and AstroSurface for wavelets.
PhotoShop CS2, Paint Shop Pro 9, or The Gimp have been used for adjusting levels, curves, and color, while Neat Image is used for digital noise removal.
Image Notes: North is up.
July 18, 2024 at 9:08 UT
780 frames stacked. Camera settings: exposure 133 milliseconds, and gain 317. The video resolution was set to 1280x720. Binning was set to 1x1. Seeing was good (~3 out of 5). Angular diameter 18.4".