Saturn – 9/6/2022 22h40m EDT

Telescope: Celestron C11 @ f/25, Orion Atlas EQ-G

Camera: ZWO ASI462MC, 2.5x Powermate

Filter: Highpoint Scientific IR Filter

Seeing: poor, 2/5

Exposure: 5% of 5min @ 15msec, gain 400, saved as SER

Histogram: 70%

White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic

Software: SharpCap Pro, AutoStakkert, Registax, Nebulosity, Photoshop

This is my first image from the opening of the 2022 planetary imaging season. I still have lots to learn, but I’m off to a good start!

Saturn is well placed in the evening sky wising in the east as the sun set and high in the south by midnight.