September 24, 2024

Saturn – 6/5/2021, 5:00am EDT

Saturn – 6/5/2021, 5:00am EDT

Telescope: Celestron C9.25 @ f/10, Orion Atlas EQ-G

Camera: QHY 168c, -10C

Filter: Orion Imaging Skyglow Filter

Exposure: 900 (of 1,800)x0.020sec saved as SER

Seeing: fair, 3/5

White Balance: Photoshop & Nebulosity Automatic

Software: Sharpcap Pro, Autostakkert, Registax, Nebulosity, Photoshop

After a full night of imaging I grabbed a quick set of images of Jupiter and Saturn as dawn began to brighten the morning sky. This image of Saturn is a good match for what you would see through a small telescope including the equatorial bands, the Cassini Division, and the shadow of the planet falling across the rings.