Rare Titan / partial Titan Shadow Transit
Taken by Philip Smith on October 6, 2025 @
Manorville, NY USA
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Date Taken: 2025:10:06 03:51:43
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I dedicate this rare image to my MOTHER, who passed recently on 09-30-25 at 8:33 pm, and was buried on the same date,10-06-2025. She loved to see and talk with me about my images. She was my biggest fan. MOM, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU. I LOVE YOU 🙂 I am HAPPY I had the opportunity to image this rare historical event. I imaged this " Very Rare Event" on 10-06-25 over Saturn from my Manorville Observatory. The largest Saturn moon, Titan, and Titan's partial shadow transited across Saturn. Moon Rehea can be seen to the left of Staurn in my 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. This was especially unusual as not only was it the final shadow transit event of this ring plane crossing period, it was also a partial shadow transit where Titan's shadow clipped the northern polar region of Saturn's disk. The remaining transit events this year are of Titan itself only. My imaging setup was an EdgeHD 14" / Baader Planetarium Baader Fluorite Flatfield Converter Barlow (BPFFC) / Gutekunst Optiksysteme Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector Player One URANUS-C IMX585 USB3.0 color Camera with an L-IR/Cut filter, all on an AP1600GTO mount. Kind Regards To ALL
Photographer's website:
https://www.facebook.com/philip.smith.5686/
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