psybiggs
Saturn
Finally stayed up late enough to capture my first Saturn of the Season. It's currently 1.3 billion km from Earth, and most notable, its rings are nearly edge on. Approximately every 15 years, Saturn's rings are presented edgewise as the Earth and the Sun pass through the plane of the rings. In the planet's 29.4 year orbit, we first see one face of the rings and then 15 years later the other, after passing through the plane of the rings. They'll be perfectly edge on in March of next year (2025).
SkyMax127 5" Maksutov working at fl: 3000
William Optical 2X Barlow
ZWO ASI224MC Camera
UVIR Cut Filter
Exposure 30ms
Gain 333
Best 11000 out of 22000 frames processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert and Registax
Saturn
Finally stayed up late enough to capture my first Saturn of the Season. It's currently 1.3 billion km from Earth, and most notable, its rings are nearly edge on. Approximately every 15 years, Saturn's rings are presented edgewise as the Earth and the Sun pass through the plane of the rings. In the planet's 29.4 year orbit, we first see one face of the rings and then 15 years later the other, after passing through the plane of the rings. They'll be perfectly edge on in March of next year (2025).
SkyMax127 5" Maksutov working at fl: 3000
William Optical 2X Barlow
ZWO ASI224MC Camera
UVIR Cut Filter
Exposure 30ms
Gain 333
Best 11000 out of 22000 frames processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert and Registax