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Taras R. Hnatyshyn
{K:4055} 3/6/2003
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Thanks all for your comments.
Re. color: My SAC-IV's detector seems to like to make my images have too much magenta in them. Through the telescope Saturn shows a nice yellow and depending on the steadiness of the air and magnification, some beige detail on the disk.
The hardware is pretty modest if you discount the telescope. The SAC-IV is just a webcam in an enclosure to make attaching it to a telescope easier. There are many on the web who have cannibalized their webcams to get similar results. The reason for stacking multiple images is to reduce the noise from the uncooled CCD chip used at long exposures. I had to discard over 100 frames of the video that I shot to get this image because of atmospheric blurring. The webcam was attached via USB to my iBook.
Taras
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Alisa Mudge
{K:12511} 2/13/2004
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The technique is impressive.
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Elizabeth van Hulst
{K:283} 3/6/2003
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Visually, it's an eyesore :)
But it still is quite amazing!! You have a lot of patience!
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Russell Love
{K:7006} 3/6/2003
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Taras,
16 exposures? Cool. musty be one helluva set up. Nice shot! (8)
Later my friend,
Russ
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John Myers
{K:4308} 3/6/2003
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now THERE's some detailed AND useful information! this IS amazing...
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Deb Mayes
{K:19605} 3/6/2003
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Now that is amazing. And is it truly that color when seen through the scope?
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