Saturn on Jan 24
Image of Saturn on Jan 24, 2007 about 11pm MST. After processing some moon images from earlier in the evening, I realized that the turbulence was much better than I thought as Registax was making only 1 and 2 pixel adjustments (about 3 or 4 pixels less than usual). The air wasn’t quite as steady as earlier, but stil quite good about 6/10. I had checked collimation earlier in the evening and it was pretty good, though in hindsight I should have tweaked it some and probably would have gotten better images.
Image taken from Louisville, CO with Celestron Nexstar11 telescope, Televue 2.5X Powermate, and Phillips Toucam 840K webcam About 2500/3000 frames aligned and stacked with Registax4. Sky was clear, turbulence 6/10, transparency very good, no wind, and temperature 30°F.