r/telescopes • u/Motor-Bonus6886 10” Dob • 1d ago

Astronomical Image Saturn

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Saturn taken with manual 10” dob
ES 6,7mm 82° eyepiece
2x barlow
iPhone 14 pro
4k video 60fps and manually selected one frame that looks good.
Edited a bit of color and brightness in the native photo app.

I am a beginner so now I am going to learn how to stack and process to achieve better results.

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u/Narrenkraut 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yo, sick picture. Bro, how did you get such a good pic with your IPhone? However, nice job. Edit: I just saw it is just one frame, bro where did you take that photo. I'm impressed!

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u/Motor-Bonus6886 10” Dob 1d ago

I think that the seeing yesterday was excellent from my location. At 360x magnification the views were very sharp. The video is close to the actual image:

https://reddit.com/link/p6yhlmj/video/5yzx7dftyomh1/player

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u/The_Burning_Face DIY 114\900 "Hadlish" wooden built 1d ago

This is a big ask, but would It be ok to ask you to send the video over? Saturn isn't in my sky yet really and I'm using the time to practice my software workflow, and yours would be a really good source to work with

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u/The_Burning_Face DIY 114\900 "Hadlish" wooden built 1d ago

If this is just one frame you are gonna get great results when you learn the stacking and sharpening side of things.

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u/Motor-Bonus6886 10” Dob 1d ago

Thank you, I hope so! Yeah it is just one frame, I replied with the raw video in another comment.

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u/ArturoBandini_000 1d ago

Did you use an eyepiece filter or no?

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u/Motor-Bonus6886 10” Dob 1d ago

Without filter

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u/ArturoBandini_000 1d ago

That is fantastic! When I look through my telescope Saturn has a blue/purple hue which is why I was asking. Thank you for sharing your photo!

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u/Motor-Bonus6886 10” Dob 1d ago

Do you have a newtonian telescope?

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u/ArturoBandini_000 1d ago

It's an Orion ST80 refractor telescope. Overall I enjoy it! It's a used one and was a $20 Facebook Marketplace purchase. I've been debating about buying eye piece filters to help with the halo effect around Jupiter and Saturn but have been holding off because I'm debating on upgrading in general.

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u/Motor-Bonus6886 10” Dob 1d ago

That halo is chromatic aberration that usually appears in refractor telescopes. Idk if filters could help in your case

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u/ArturoBandini_000 1d ago

Oh! Thank you VERY much for sharing that with me! Looks like I'll be putting that money towards an upgrade. 😄

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u/magichelmt 1d ago

Great job! I struggle with my iPhone 16pro and 6” dob. I need to practice more.