Observation by Steve Knight: Saturn + Pluto

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2019 Jul 06 - 00:04

Uploaded

2019 Jul 08 - 15:49

Objects

134340 Pluto
Saturn

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Constellation

Sagittarius

Field centre

RA: 19^h24^m
Dec: -21°59'
Position angle: -32°50'

Field size

4°51' × 3°15'

Equipment

Canon 6D DSLR
Starwave 70mm f6 doublet refractor
Astrotrac

Exposure

x57 15 sec exposures (Total 855 sec) at ISO6400

Location

Warkworth

Target name

Saturn & Pluto

Title

Saturn + Pluto

About this image

My attempt at Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel's challenge that they set at Winchester Weekend. I left it a little late, they were 4 deg 47 minutes apart but I could still just about get them into the field of view using a full frame DSLR. I'm reasonably sure that Pluto is visible in centre of circle bottom right. You'll have to zoom in bottom right. I'll post a zoomed in version later.

Files associated with this observation

Autosave002_ABE_ABE_ABE_ABE_ABE faststoned annotated both border compressed.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Comments

Neil Morrison, 2019 Jul 08 - 20:32 UTC

Great Picture. close examination certainly agrees with the BAA Close up Chart for the date. It shows what can be done with a DSLR and skill. Congratulations Steve.

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