Recorded 2011 - 01 - 29


I was viewing Saturn with my Skywatcher 10" Flextube, sharp details even with high magnification. My laptop was occupied with capturing DSOs with my refractor, so i didn't want to disturb it.
Which was a shame as i wanted to try to capture Saturn. So i took out my Canon EOS 500D and slapped it on the dobson. It looked fine so i recorded a video.
Tried with a 5x powermate....ok! It still looked fine. So i recorded a few more movies and took some single shots too.

A single shot.


Just for fun i tried to stack one of the videos and was really suprised. So i went a bit further.

- Used Quicktime Player to export to an uncompressed AVI.
- Used Castrator to align and crop the Avi.
- Used Registax for stacking then wavelets and drizzle.
- Photoshop Elements for final adjustments.

The result of 835 with 256 used for the final stacking.


With drizzle.






Recorded 2011 - 02 - 11


First light for my new TS 102mm Individual f/11 Achromat.




UV/IR Cut + 2.5x Powermate.


RGB - Stacked with AutoStakkert with drizzle. I used the convolved images for RGB.






Recorded 2011 - 03 - 26


Used my TS 102mm Individual f/11 Achromat, 2.5x Powermate and DMK31 Mono.

UV/IR Cut filter - 3000 frames recorded @ 15fps.


Unfortunately the sky closed up completely after that recording. Så i played a bit more with the recording in Registax.

Both are 1.5x Drizzle but have different wavelets applied.







Recorded 2011 - 04 - 04


Used my TS 102mm Individual f/11 Achromat, 2.5x Powermate and DMK31 Mono.

UV/IR Cut.


Captured with Canon EOS 500D + EOS Movie Record software. 3000 frames recorded.







Recorded 2011 - 04 - 11


Was out last night to play with the Moon but i also got a few shots of Saturn.
Captured with Scopos 80mm f/7 triplet and DMK31.

UV/IR Cut + 2.5x powermate.


Something went a bit wrong with my RGB shot, don't know what though.


Tried with a 5x powermate as well.






Recorded 2011 - 04 - 14


Used my TS 102mm Individual f/11 Achromat, 2.5x Powermate and DMK31 Mono.

UV/IR Cut @ 30fps


UV/IR Cut @ 15fps


20 shots captured with Qcam9 Mono and stacked.






Recorded 2011 - 05 - 07


Used my TS 102mm Individual f/11 Achromat, 2.5x Powermate and DMK31 Mono.

UV/IR Cut. 3000 frames captured @ 15fps.