Richard Higby Astrophotography
Saturn
Saturn - These early attempts show the challenge of taking colour images with a short focal length telescope. Still a thrill to capture this.

At a distance of  1.5 billion Klms this gas giant is a never to be forgotton site through a telescope.

Regrettably image details have been lost for this one other than the scope was a Takahashi TOA130F (5.1")
Saturn
 
Taken with a Meade LX200 8" with an LPI camera.
Alt.Az mount at F/20 (4000mm focal length)



Comparing the two images one can see why aperture is so important with this superior 8" image.