From: "Duane" <macastronomer@mac.com>

Date: January 28, 2006 1:31:45 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: saturn at opposition (almost)

Nice shot Allan. What was the weather like?

I took a few streams last night but haven't done anything with them yet. The seeing was a 

little unstable so I'm not too sure they will turn out all that well. It was one of those nights 

where all my equipment was frosting over with a thick sheet. Heck, if I stood still long 

enough, I was frosting over.

Using the Unibrain, I'm still having an issue with that grid pattern. I know where the 

optimal setting should be (or at least where it was). Last night I used several settings, so 

hopefully one will help me pinpoint the best setting for the gain.

I need to get that other camera...   It's been so cloudy I have been putting it off.

Duane

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Friedman" <alan@g...> wrote:

Had a brief (and unusual) midnight window of good seeing saturday night to capture 

saturn. Hopefully the second half of this apparition will have more opportunities than 

the 

first!

750 frames from 4500 were used for luminance at f45. RGB filtered images were 

captured 

at f32 and resized. DMK21BF04 webcam and A-P 10" mak/cass. 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Planetary/saturn012106.jpg

cheers-

Alan