Observation by David Swan: Moons of Saturn - observing challenge

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David Swan

Observer

David Swan

Observed

2017 Jun 17 - 23:28

Uploaded

2017 Jun 18 - 16:08

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

Scope: 200mm SCT at f/10
Camera: ASI178MC
Software: FireCapture, AS!3 and Registax

Exposure

Stack of 90% of 180 frames over 90s; half second exposures

Location

Tynemouth, UK

Target name

Saturn and some of its moons

Title

Moons of Saturn - observing challenge

About this image

Michael Foulkes, the Director of the Saturn, Uranus and Neptune section, asked small/medium scope users to report their efforts with finding Saturn's moons this apparition. Here, Dione, Tethys, Rhea (the three closer in) and Titan (further out) are obvious. You can make out Enceladus at the nine o'clock position, very close in to the planet. Will try harder next time to get Mimas. I think Saturn is just washing out that magnitude 13 moon. Having a look now at the larger captured frames, to see if I can definitively claim a hit on Iapetus.

Files associated with this observation

Jup_002813_l4_ap5 web.jpg (6.2 kB)

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