Saturn – 7/27/2021 2h0m EDT

Telescope: Meade Mak 7 @ f/30, Orion Atlas EQ-G

Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro, 0C, 2” GSO 2x ED Barlow

Filter: Highpoint Scientific IR cut filter

Seeing: fair, 3/5

Exposure 1: 5min x 250ms, gain 300, saved as SER

Exposure 2: 5min x 100ms, gain 400, saved as SER

White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic

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

This is an average of two quick sequences that I grabbed of Saturn before it reached the meridian. In part, I wanted to compare using longer exposures using lower gain versus sorter exposures and higher gain. I just so happens that these two sets were very similar, so I averaged them into a single image. I am very happy with the results and I’m looking forward to trying this again using a camera with slightly smaller pixels (an ASI462MC with 2.9um pixels). If you look really closely you can glimpse Rhea to the lower left of Saturn and Tethys to the upper right.