Here's my first Saturn image from this morning. Last capture before scuzzy thin low-level clouds began to form. 180s capture 10% of 22,000 frames. The Cassini division has returned. Using the new feature in the development version of Wavesharp 3.0 called Local Contrast with Background/Surface selected which allows for a different set of contrast enhancement parameters to be applied to the surface and background. Saturn was at 42 degrees altitude at the time of capture. I tweaked the collimation several times during my captures this morning slowly walking to this setting using Itaku's flare technique on Rhea (above and to the right) as well as on the lower boundary of the rings with preview gamma cranked up. Note: Dione completed it's transit of the disk a few minutes before this image was taken. It's just visible to the right of the limb. EDIT: Found a bug in the software that I need to report to Cor. Batch processing was resetting the values in the Background/Surface feature. Saving images one at a time avoided the problem but probably means my Dione animation will be on hold until I report to Cor and he can make a correction.
Edited by dcaponeii, 20 June 2025 - 12:10 PM.
