Jason.Guenzel
Saturn
It's quite a gem. The current tilt of the rings is almost at a maximum, so we get a nice display!
What really hooked me on astrophotography in the first place was the realization and amazement of what can actually be imaged from our backyards. Most people don't even really think about it. The detail seen in amateur equipment these days is better than what an interplanetary spacecraft was able to send back to us only 40 years ago.
From where I live, Saturn doens't get more than 30 degrees above the horizon. Unfortunately it will be that way for years to come, so I just have to settle for shooting through a lot of air (which blurs detail).
To sort that convoluted mess out, shot of Saturn is actually a stack of 15,000 individual exposures. The files that went into this weigh in at 11 gigabytes. All for a subject that is 200 pixels across. I have to go hard drive shopping.
Shot on 06-JUN-2015.
Saturn
It's quite a gem. The current tilt of the rings is almost at a maximum, so we get a nice display!
What really hooked me on astrophotography in the first place was the realization and amazement of what can actually be imaged from our backyards. Most people don't even really think about it. The detail seen in amateur equipment these days is better than what an interplanetary spacecraft was able to send back to us only 40 years ago.
From where I live, Saturn doens't get more than 30 degrees above the horizon. Unfortunately it will be that way for years to come, so I just have to settle for shooting through a lot of air (which blurs detail).
To sort that convoluted mess out, shot of Saturn is actually a stack of 15,000 individual exposures. The files that went into this weigh in at 11 gigabytes. All for a subject that is 200 pixels across. I have to go hard drive shopping.
Shot on 06-JUN-2015.