Saturn 2003/3/1

The above image is full Nikon Coolpix 990 camera resolution, image processed and cropped from 2048 x 1536 to 190 x 90 pixels.

Nikon Coolpix 990 Photo Information
DSCN9772.JPG to DSCN9999.JPG and DSCN0001.JPG to DSCN0224.JPG, 452 images stacked
CAMERA : E990V1.1
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : M
SHUTTER : 1/8sec
APERTURE : F4.0
EXP +/- : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f23.4mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : SUNNY
SHARPNESS : HIGH
DATE : 2003.03.01 19:08 to 19:48
QUALITY : FULL FINE

Imaging Equipment

Telescope: Orion Argonaut™ 150mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope, f/12 focal ratio, 1800mm focal length
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 Digital Camera afocal coupled to the eyepice
Eyepiece: ScopeTronix, Inc. STWA14 Wide Angle 18mm Eyepiece/Adapter
Focuser: JMI NGF-S Motofocus with DRO (Digital Read Out)
Telescope Mount: Orion EQ-3 mount with EQ-3M dual-axis DC motor drive on Celestron vibration suppression pads

Imaging Processing

Irfan Skiljan IrfanView Version 3.80, batch crop to 500 x400
Cor Berrevoets Registax Version 1.1, align, select, stack and process
Diffraction Limited MaxIm DL Version 3.09, Maximun entropy
JASC Inc. Paint Shop Pro Version 7.04, noise reduce, unsharp mask, final crop and convert to JPG

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