Saturn after occultation by the Moon
Taken by Roberto Ortu on January 4, 2025 @
Cabras, Sardinia, Italy
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This composite photo shows the planet Saturn after the end of occultation, when it became visible again in the evening sky. Above you can see the southern part of the Moon, very rich in craters, and the bright spot near Saturn is 85 Aquarii, a star of magnitude 6.7 distant about 560 light years.
To make this image I first shot Saturn, just before the event, then the Moon with two different exposure times and finally I composed the results using a frame taken from the original shot to position the celestial bodies in the correct way.
Data:
Celestron 114/910 Newton telescope
Mount Eq2 Sky-Watcher
Planetary camera QHY5L-II-C
Q-Barlow 2.25X Baader Planetarium
UV/IR cut filter
Firecapture 2.7 for two shots: one with exposure of 58.02 ms for Saturn, the other with exposure of 11.05 ms for the Moon
PIPP, AS! 4, Registax 6, Astrosurface V3 for processing
GIMP to create the composite photo
Date and time: 4 January 2025 18:25 UTC (19:25 local time)
Seeing medium, sometimes excellent
Good transparency
Location: Cabras, Sardinia, Italy
Photographer's website:
https://www.instagram.com/ortu399/
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