Saturn and Moon Dione at 4:07am EST
Taken by Philip Smith on July 28, 2024 @
Manorville, NY USA
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Date Taken: 2024:07:28 12:33:18
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I imaged Saturn and Moon Dione on 07-28-24 at 4:07am EST from my Manorville NY Observatory. The seeing conditions were above average at that shot time. I recorded 7,685 images and could only stack 6% of them. I am still trying to learn how to process my images better.
Dione is a small moon of 349 miles (562 km) in mean radius orbiting Saturn every 2.7 days at a distance of 234,500 miles (377,400 km), which is roughly the same distance that our Moon orbits Earth. Dione is an important object of study for planetary scientists. It provides valuable insights into the formation and evolution of Saturn's moons, as well as the processes that shape the icy bodies in the outer solar system. Dione itself isn't a candidate for extraterrestrial life. With an average temperature of -121 Fahrenheit (-186 Celsius), the moon isn't known to have any liquid water, a prerequisite for life as we know it. Just like Earth's Moon, Dione is phase locked with its parent; one side always faces toward Saturn. Likewise, Dione has gravitationally locked two much smaller moons: Helene orbits Saturn 60 degrees ahead of Dione, and Polydeuces orbits Saturn 60 degrees behind Dione.
My imaging configuration was an EdgeHD 14" / Player One SQR SATURN-C IMX533 camera with a Baader UV/IR Cut-Filter / ZWO ADC corrector on a Carl Zieas 2x Barrlow all driven on an AP 1600GOTO mount.
Kind Regards To ALL 🙂
Photographer's website:
https://www.facebook.com/philip.smith.5686
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