Saturn & Neptune Conjunction
Taken by Alan Dyer on June 30, 2025 @
near Gleichen, Alberta, Canada
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS R5
Exposure Time: 58/1
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2025:07:01 10:19:43
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Details:
Here is an outer planet meetup!
This frames Saturn (at bottom) and Neptune (at top centre) when they were just less than 1 degree apart (59 arc minutes) on the morning of June 30, 2025. This was in the dawn sky with the sky blue with oncoming twilight. The two planets were about this close together for several mornings in late June and early July 2025 as they move so slowly. Both were in southern Pisces.
Some of the moons of the planets are recorded, though the planets themselves are overexposed. Triton is a tiny dot just below Neptune, while Titan is the brightest dot left of Saturn. Between Titan and Saturn is Dione. To the right of Saturn is Tethys (closest) and Rhea (brighter and farther away). Saturn's ring plane was nearly edge-on at this time so the moons appear in a line on either side of Saturn.
Technical:
This is a stack of 8 x 1-minute exposures through the Askar APO120 refractor at f/7 with its 1x Flattener for 840mm focal length, and the Canon R5 at ISO 800. The telescope's field of view is 2.5º by 1.6º. Taken at about 3:30 am MDT on June 30, 2025.
Photographer's website:
https://amazingsky.com
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