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Saturn, with Rhea, Dione, andTethys

Object name / Catalog Number:  Saturn, with Rhea, Dione, and Tethys

Camera (specific model):  DSI II-C

Number of Exposures & Exposure length:
Planet L: 310 x 0.2200 seconds, Drizzle Stack 150%
Planet RGB: 310 x 0.2200 seconds, Envisage Stack
Moons LRGB: 9 x 0.5000 seconds, Envisage Stack


Scope: Model, Aperture and F ratio:
Meade 8 inch LX90, f/60

Filters used: Meade IR blocker.

Additional Information

Guide camera/scope: None

Image Capture Software: Meade Envisage (capture and stack)

Processing software: Meade Envisage (drizzle Luminance), Adobe PhotoShop CS2 (RGB merge, levels and curves, unsharp mask, layer masks for selective sharpening), Registax (Wavelets)

Other: N/A

Location:  San Diego, CA

Original Photo
 

Photo Comments

ChuckR54 wrote:
Qualified - 5 points

1) Focus/Sharpness - Nice job!
2) Composition - Fine
3) Planetary detail - Very good - cloud bands clearly visible
4) Processing Skills - Very Good - nice job of revealing the moons without blowing out the planet or creating processing artifacts
5) Exposure/Depth - Good
6) Technical Bonus -

7:40 PM on January 29, 2008

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