Saturn 2009-03-13

Saturn 2009-03-13
Object
Saturn
Telescope
Celestron NexStar SE 8
Focal length
2032mm
Filters
none (I forgot the IR block filter - arghhh)
Camera
Philips SPC900NC SC1 (long exposure mod)
Exposure
306@5fps, Shutter minimal, 0% gain
Capturing Software
K3CCDTools3 3.5.10.1082
Stacking Software
Giotto 2.12 (stacking 10% of the frames, dark frame subtracted)
Atmospheric conditions
Seeing: 7 of 10 (Pickering), Transparency: bad (clouds), Darkness: illuminated by city lights
Location
Aschaffenburg, Germany
Date
2009 March 13, 21:16 UTC

Comment:
This is my first try to shoot a planet. Unfortunately I was not able to take another shot with a 2x barlow lense because clouds came up. :-( I forgot to use the IR block filter so the image is a bit blurred.