Titan and Titan's shadow transiting Saturn.
Taken by Thomas Williamson on July 18, 2025 @
Albuquerque,, New Mexico, USA
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Seeing was relatively poor - this is the result of keeping only 10 percent of frames from about 20 minutes of video! Nevertheless, the site was spectacular as seen visually through the eyepiece! Titan casts a shadow onto Saturn. Tethys is below the rings to the left. The rings appear relatively dark here because not only are the rings near edge-on to both the Earth and the Sun, but also because the unilluminated side is currently facing Earth - something that only happens for a brief time near Saturn's equinoxes about every fifteen years. 12.5" f/5.1 newtonian, Tele Vue 26 mm Plossl (0.086"/px), ZWO ASI662mc, UV/IR blocking filter. De-rotation of 21 minutes
Photographer's website:
https://abqtom.wordpress.com/news-from-the-skies/
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