Galileoscope + Webcam = Saturn on a budget.

A little while ago I managed to capture some images of Staurn through my Galileoscope and a Microsoft Lifecam.

Below is one of those captures.

This was taken without a barlow (as it was hard enough trying to get Saturn onto the sensor to begin with).

I had a few attempts to process them but had no luck so kinda gave up on them... Then the other day I found out about PIPP (Planetary Imaging PreProcessor) so decided to run my videos through it and then have another try at processing them.

I have to say, using PIPP made a world of difference and Registax processed the videos much better than before.

I still have no idea what I'm doing so just basically played around but here are the results.

The only software used was PIPP and Registax.

I have to say, for a $30 telescope and a $75 webcam, the results are rather pleasing.