Saturn — Champagne across four nights

Compare the October 18 11:01 PM benchmark with October 27 (three captures), November 3 and November 5. The same approved Natural Champagne / Soft Globe v2 finishing method was used. Choose sharper native on October 27 to see original RegiStax detail without Topaz smoothing. Images are kept at full 636×300 or original 480×300 sampling and are not enlarged by the site.

Reference Saturn captureCompared Saturn capture

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Matched-scale comparison sheets

Oct18 vs each Oct27 Champagne capture

Oct 18 reference against each Oct 27 top-three capture

Matched Saturn four-night comparison

Four nights, six recordings, Champagne v2

October 27 native versus Topaz comparison

Why October 27 sometimes looked softer: native versus Topaz finish

Comparison uses the capture's existing genuine AutoStakkert/RegiStax and, where selected, genuine Topaz. The color treatment is matched; the seeing and recording length are not controlled. No original SERs are altered.