Observation by Peter Anderson: Occultation of Saturn, 12August 2019

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Peter Anderson

Observer

Peter Anderson

Observed

2019 Aug 11 - 22:15

Uploaded

2020 Aug 16 - 02:04

Objects

The Moon
Saturn
Conjunction

Equipment

Celestron 14 at prime focus. Canon 70D camera video recording Hi Res.

Exposure

Video record imaged from screen 1/5 sec exposures

Location

Brisbane, Australia

Target name

Moon and Saturn

Title

Occultation of Saturn, 12August 2019

About this image

Four images from the series are shown to demonstrate the progress of the event. (This image has been edited for colour balance and replaces the one previously posted.)

Files associated with this observation

Saturn Occultation 12 Aug 2019 crop adj text5.JPG (307.6 kB)

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Mr Nicholas John Atkinson

Comments

Grant Privett, 2020 Aug 16 - 17:44 UTC

Have you considered running a white balance on that? Would be interesting to see what it looks like then.

Peter Anderson, 2020 Aug 17 - 23:06 UTC

I have tweaked the colour balance on the image a little and re-posted it. To attempt to answer your question, brightness and contrast were previously all that was adjusted. The contrast is clearly enhanced somewhat. The camera has auto white balance, but the system was corrupted because the relevant section of the image was re-imaged from the LED computer screen as described. This added some bias. My aim was to produce an informative visual record, specifically accurate as to the timings.

Peter Anderson, 2020 Aug 17 - 23:19 UTC

Image adjusted

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