First attempt on Saturn!

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lqx
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First attempt on Saturn!

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My very first attempt on Saturn!
Was out on Bedok South field late, and Saturn was up... A passing auntie was looking through my small 4" refractor, and even though I had barlowed it 2.5x for 190x mag, "...so small ah!" [smilie=crying.gif]

Gave up, stuck on a 4x barlow and the webcam, digitally zoomed in and had a large "live" image on my laptop!
[smilie=cool.gif] That's when the kids started running over lol!

...and since it was already set up... couldn't resist hitting the "Record" button... [smilie=bye2.gif]

So here it is! Was pleasantly surprised to get somewhat decent details on a small 4" scope! [smilie=cheer.gif]

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Saturn, 2014-04-12, taken through a FSQ-106, 4x Powermate, ASI 120MM webcam.
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Awesome first attempt! [smilie=good-job.gif]
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Re: First attempt on Saturn!

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Considering the small aperture, a pretty good shot.
Is image stack with Registax?
Thanks for sharing.
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Nice I like the colour!
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Re: First attempt on Saturn!

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[smilie=bye2.gif] Thanks Gary, Kelvin!

Hi beginner! It was stacked using AS2. Further PP done on Photoshop.
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PETER LOO
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Excellent ! Beautiful shot lqx, nice texture, perfect symmetry, high contrast, power of FSQ-106, ur shot somewhat gave me confidence to stick to using "small" refractor for imaging (loved the un-matched contrast but hate the kilo dollars increase per cm increase in aperture) ..
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