Saturn

April 6, 2004

Photo by Joe Orman and Rick Scott.

This single image of Saturn started with a LOT of webcam video images! From 24 separate 453-frame, 30-second video captures (a total of 10,872 frames!), the best 266 frames were selected, then aligned and stacked in RegiStax. Maximum entropy deconvolution was applied using MaxIm DL, with further processing in Adobe Photoshop. North is down in this image.

Location: JaZ Observatory, Arizona.
Date: April 6, 2004.
Time: 7:33 to 7:57 p.m. MST.
Telescope: 10" f/4.5 Newtonian on Losmandy G11/Gemini mount with TeleVue 5X Powermate Barlow.
Camera: Philips ToUcam 740K webcam at 15 frames per second with Baader IR/UV cut filter.