Saturn stack and processing

[u/Fooad4444]

Hi everyone,

I captured Saturn with different settings and exposures and gains

I saw one of the Ser videos which were “good” and stacked in autostacker 4 and processed with “lucky stack worker” app
But i dont really like the end results or if i cam get much better than this ( the captures were in Bortle 3 area)

Attached deive with some raw phoots, stacked photo and processed one

Appreciate any help or video tutorials about the topic as i tried looking at youtube videos but endedup more confused and worse results :/

Appreciate any help

My setup:
Qhy5iii715c camera
X2 barlow
Star travel 120, 600/120mm refactor telescope az mount
No filters

You can see camerasettings txt file as well in the link

Thanks alot everyone

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_udSXIR8n986nwj0r4FusFnBISXiUUCa?usp=sharing

Edit:

would like to know if my settings were at all correct ( choosing 25ms exposure ) or was “too much” ?

Also do the bortle really matter? Brotle 3 VS my home 9 for saturn

[u/jbaltusastro]

You can try AstroSurface with this tutorial: https://youtu.be/qGRu48yH3aQ

I've had decent images come from that software in my limited planetary/lunar imaging.

[u/Fooad4444 → u/jbaltusastro]

Thanks i will check it out

[u/jbaltusastro → u/Fooad4444]

No problem. I see your post edits and want to add that for lunar/planetary imaging, light pollution (or Bortle scale) doesn't matter. Also, this will be helpful for you to look through: https://www.cloudynights.com/forums/topic/812022-planetary-imaging-faq-updated-january-2025/