Object

Saturn

Telescope

Celestron NexStar SE 8

Focal length

4064mm

Filters

IR block filter

Camera

Philips SPC900NC SC1 (long exposure mod)

Exposure

246@5fps, Shutter minimal, 50% gain

Capturing Software

K3CCDTools3 3.5.10.1082

Stacking Software

Giotto 2.12 (stacking 5% of the frames, dark frame subtracted)

Atmospheric conditions

Seeing: 4 of 10 (Pickering), Transparency: slightly foggy, Darkness: illuminated by city lights

Location

Aschaffenburg, Germany

Date

2009 March 17, 23:02 UTC

Comment:
The image has been ruined by dew on the Schmidt plate. I saw that when I disassembled the telescope.