Sebastian Voltmer’s Saturn Capture
Sebastian Voltmer, who is slowly becoming a regular in this blog, wrote to us again this week, sending in the following image.
In this e-mail, Sebastian writes:
Anbei noch eine Saturnaufnahme vom 13.01.08. Es ist eines der ersten Saturnbilder, die mit der Farbkamera DFK 21AU04.AS entstanden sind. Via USB [2.0] war es problemlos möglich, 30 Frames pro Sekunde aufzuzeichnen, um die schärfsten Einzelbilder mitteln zu können. Obwohl es sich nicht um einen monochromen Chip handelt, ist die Kamera relativ rauscharm und es werden selbst schwächste Details abgebildet. Somit müssen also keine lästigen Einzelaufnahmen mit einem RGB-Filterset gemacht werden. Insgesamt spart man mit der DFK 21AU04.AS viel Zeit bei der Nachbearbeitung.
For our non-German speaking readers, below is a translation:
Attached is an image of Saturn, which was captured on January 13, 2008. It is one of the first images of Saturn, which I have captured with the color camera DFK 21AU04.AS. Using the USB [2.0] connector, it was very easy to capture 30 frames er second, in order to calculate the sharpest singular image. Despite the camera not having a monochrome CCD, it is still has relatively little noise and even the faintest of details show up well. Hence, it is not necessary to take time-consuming singular captures with an RGB filter set. All in all, you save a lot of post-processing time with the DFK 21AU04.AS.
A great thanks goes out to Sebastian for sharing this amazing image with the astronomy cameras community!
Keep up the good work!
John Perring said,
February 13, 2008 @ 11:59
I have purchased a Celestron Nexstar 6SE and wonder if it would be possible to capture an image like the one shown with the DFK 21AU04.AS or similar with this size telescope and also what other equipment is required. I am a novice but impressed by such images taken by keen amateurs.
LEN CLUCAS said,
February 13, 2008 @ 12:52
I AM JUST STARTING WITH AN IVC AND I AM HAVING TROUBLES WITH SETTINGS
ON AMCAP.THE TELESCOPE IS OK SO IS FOCUS,(SET WITH MONITOR)BUT NO IMAGE
ON COMPUTER.HAS ANYONE ANY ADVICE.
LEN CLUCAS
Antonio Carlos said,
February 13, 2008 @ 13:03
Dear Sirs
The planet Saturn, the divison of Cassini and your rings are very beautiful in the photo.
Many signs of above surface are in evidence.
good image.
Thanks for information
Regards
Antonio Carlos said,
February 13, 2008 @ 13:07
More one thing
Are building one observatory in my city.
In near future I precise of one CCD.
My telescope have 310 mm of diameter - f/6,7.
Equatorial mount with motor-drive.
Thank you for attention
Antonio Carlos
Albert Einstein Astronomical Observatory
CEU - GUE
SP - Brazil
profjohn said,
February 14, 2008 @ 01:37
Len
email me directly and we’ll see if we can’t get you going.
john.berryman@theimagingsource.com
profjohn