Titan / Titan's shadow Transit " Very Rare "
Taken by Philip Smith on September 20, 2025 @
Manorville, NY, USA
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Date Taken: 2025:09:20 17:30:30
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I am HAPPY I had the opportunity to image this rare historical event. I wish the weather conditions had been GOOD. I wanted to make a color animation like I did of Saturn's last couple of events.
I imaged this " Very Rare Event" on 09-20-25 over Saturn from my Manorville Observatory. The largest Saturn moon, Titan, and Titan's shadow transited across Saturn. Moon Tethys and Tethys' shadow transited over Saturn at the same time. Please Note: Due to the poor seeing and cloudy conditions, the small size of the moon Tethys and Tethys' shadow did not show up in my image after processing it. I am lucky to have Titan and its shadow in this image. I learned this image was a rare event that occurs every 15 years, during which Earth, Saturn, and Titan align, allowing the shadow to sweep across Saturn's clouds. While Titan's shadow was large enough to be visible with a good telescope, Tethys's shadow was exceptionally difficult to detect, but I was lucky to image it and enhance it with processing software, and get the beginning of the moon Tethys and Tethys's shadow over Saturn. My imaging setup was an EdgeHD 14" / Baader Planetarium Baader Fluorite Flatfield Converter Barlow (BPFFC) / Gutekunst Optiksysteme Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector Player One URANUS-M IMX585 USB3.0 Color Camera with an Astronomik Red ProPlanet 642 IR 1 1/4" filter, all on an AP1600GTO mount.
Kind Regards To ALL 🙂
Photographer's website:
https://www.facebook.com/philip.smith.5686/
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