This image was taken by recording a video of the planet with different filters for Luminance, Red, Green, and Blue, which were then stacked, sharpened, and combined to make a color image. This was created from around 20,000 individual frames.
Unlike many space photos, this is exactly how this object looks through the telescope. This was imaged through an lx90, a Meade SCT. (had to kill the link since it wasn't working any more)
![image showing My best shot of Saturn so far, taken with an 8" telescope from my backyard in Sacramento. [OC]](97ac375a-cb02-55e0-827e-fdfe0771ab4e.jpg)
ajamesmccarthy on September 8th, 2019 at 00:00 UTC »
This image was taken by recording a video of the planet with different filters for Luminance, Red, Green, and Blue, which were then stacked, sharpened, and combined to make a color image. This was created from around 20,000 individual frames.
Unlike many space photos, this is exactly how this object looks through the telescope. This was imaged through an lx90, a Meade SCT. (had to kill the link since it wasn't working any more)
For more astrophotography, find me on instagram @cosmic_background. I go live while creating these shots so I can answer questions about the hobby, as well as show some of the behind-the-scenes.
itzhowzi on September 8th, 2019 at 00:29 UTC »
Probably the best one ive seen of shots like this
Papi_Queso on September 8th, 2019 at 01:13 UTC »
Seeing something as big as Saturn from so far away in the vast void of space fills me with existential dread.
Beautiful.