Observation by Jim Tomney: Saturn at Opposition

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Jim Tomney

Observer

Jim Tomney

Observed

2021 Aug 03 - 03:41

Uploaded

2021 Aug 04 - 01:46

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

25cm f/6 Newtonian
ImageSource DFK21AU042 camera
TeleVue PowerMate Barlow 2.5x

Exposure

60 fps

Location

Towson, MD US

Target name

Saturn slightly past opposition

Title

Saturn at Opposition

About this image

The weather forecast implied there might be a window between 10pm and midnight to get in some observing of Saturn near its opposition last night. While the predictions were for only average seeing, it appeared to be a bit better than that to me, maybe 7/10, with variable transparency as high, thin cirrus clouds came and went. Not sure if I managed to nab the “Seeliger Effect” or not since this was almost a day past opposition, but the B ring seems brighter than normal (of course it usually is brighter, but this seems perhaps a bit more so). Regardless, was well worth losing some worknight sleep to catch Saturn during decent seeing conditions!

Files associated with this observation

sat2021-08-03-0309_8-JmTmn-WL.jpg (27.9 kB)

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