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Telescope: Edge HD 8 / AVX CGEM mount
Camera: ASI585 MC with 1.5x Dakin magic barlow
Image source: 9 SER videos, 1 minute each (35% used - 23k+frames total)
Date: 09/25/2025
Location: St Charles, IL
Apparent Diameter = Planet: 19.44 arc-seconds, With Rings: 45.28 arc-seconds
NOTE: Taken with Sharpcap @16.6ms. All 9 videos de-rotated with WinJupos.
Saturno em oposição ano 2020
foto em 20 de julho de 2020 as 20h30 utc-3
Gostei do fato das faixas do polo norte começarem levemente a aparecer nesta foto, em comparação com meus registros anteriores onde havia uma faixa única cinzenta.
Curiosidades gerais: Durante esse momento de órbita chamado oposição, o planeta está perfeitamente alinhado (Sol - Terra - Saturno), e do lado oposto, em relação ao Sol, de modo que a sombra do globo de Saturno, que geralmente é vista em parte projetando-se sobre seus anéis, acaba praticamente desaparecendo, porque está se projetando para o lado de trás do planeta.
E por que esses detalhes são interessantes? Porque esses detalhes e outros milhares mais observados, juntos confirmam o entendimento que a ciência tem, de sistema solar, e de sua mecânica celeste.
Telescópio Celestron 200mm C8 EdgeHD F/10
Barlow Televue 2x, câmera asi120mc, filtro UV/IR-cut Baader
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Mars reached opposition on this night, which means it's orbit was at it's closest point to Earth. This is the closest it's been since 2003 and it won't be this bright again until 2035.
This Buck was Listening to the Challenge call
from my previous post. >>> "Call of the Wild"
Next he charged down the Hill to intercept.
Great fun to watch!
And so to Road Car's opposition ....
Roy Marsh had started his 'Hail & Ride' service along this corridor using 8-seat taxibuses, and had gradually moved up to 16-seaters, but 1994 was when he finally obtained a full PSV operator's licence, and vehicle sizes started to increase, which might have been the signal for Road Car to seriously try to wipe him out.
It didn't seem to be working though, as his Sherpas always appeared to be carrying full loads, but his drivers were probably sitting at the terminus at either end until they were full, and only then departing - the joys of de-regulation !
He was a regular buyer and seller at the Manchester bus and coach auctions, so most of his fleet was familiar to me - this former National Welsh Sherpa / Carlyle had only been purchased there in April 1994, and was still in the colours of a former owner, Stoniers of Newcastle, Staffs.
Roman Bank, Ingoldmells, 13/8/94
I didn't buy this skirt...it was bought by my other half.....she'd been to a fashion show with friends and this was the only item she liked. She bought it for me....but as I face some opposition from her on this subject...it's nice to know that sometimes she'll drop the barriers and think of me for a change :) Nice skirt!
Asteroid (2) Pallas lies immediately beside bright (naked eye visible) star Muphrid in Bootes tonight making it fairly easy to line up.
Its not far from Arcturus in the South East.
Pallas is the 2nd largest asteroid in the belt at about 500km diameter.
Its at opposition (or closest approach) tonight at 1.6 AU or 241 million km away from Earth (13.4 light minutes).
Magnitude is +7.9
Modified Canon 80d with IDAS LPS filter.
Samyang 135mm f/2 at f/2.8
Skywatcher Star Adventurer pro mount with PoleMaster alignment.
45 x 30s subs @ ISO400
Camera sensor 12-13c
30 temperature-matched darks from dark library
60 flat frames
90 bias frames
Astrometrics
Center (RA, hms):13h 56m 04.476s
Center (Dec, dms):+19° 22' 18.80"
Size: 3d 58' 8.1" x 2d 56' 8.5"
Pixel scale: 5.9 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: - 25.074 degrees
(L to R): N540S Pitts S-2S Special c/n 009 & VH-IIG Zivko Edge 540 c/n 0019 - Day 5 Avalon 2013 Australian International Airshow. File: N540S_VH-IIG_YMAV_20130302_0978
The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other.
Ma - Tsu (709 - 788) Zen Buddhist Master
SOOC - unedited
The planet Mars and the Milky Way Galaxy rise above the distant mountains in Big Bend National Park, in Texas. At the time this photo was taken, Mars was both at it's closest to the sun, but also Earth. A phenomenon known as perihelic opposition.
This weekend, Jupiter is in opposition, which means it's exactly opposite in the sky from the Sun. It's an opportunity to catch the planet at its biggest. Here you see it as it appeared from the yard an hour or so ago, proudly presenting its four big moons. I just managed to catch two of them, Europa and Ganymede, almost on top of each other. They go pretty fast - I could see them move over the course of an hour. Europa is a world with a deep ocean, so I think it is the best moon.
My very first attempt at capturing planetary images with my setup, using the Newton 200 F5 in combination with the little QHY5 mono camera that I normally use for guiding. Lots of problems due to the poor seeing conditions (very strong winds) and I did not have the right adapters to mount a Barlow in front of the filters wheel, but hey! This is the first try! Lots of room for improvements from here! :-)
OTA: Newton SkyWatcher 200 F5 (no barlow)
Mount: iOptron CEM60
Camera: QHY5L-IIM
Filters: Optolong RGB, on ASI wheel
Software: Firecapture, Autostakkert, PS
2 minutes videos for each channel, about 900/1000 frames for each video. Best 20-30% used.