Observation by Paul Leyland: Phoebe, aka Saturn IX

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Dr Paul Leyland

Observer

Paul Leyland

Observed

2021 Jul 08 - 01:20

Uploaded

2022 Jun 03 - 18:07

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

0.4m Dilworth Relay
Starlight Xpress 814 Trius Pro
No filter

Exposure

600s in 29 subs

Location

Tacande Observatory, MPC J22

Target name

Phoebe, or Saturn IX

Title

Phoebe, aka Saturn IX

About this image

Phoebe is a rather bright satellite (V=16.6 at the time of observation) and so has been known since the 19th century. Pickering discovered it in 1899 - the first planetary satellite to be discovered by photography.

This image is rather artistic in my view. The Dilworth design of telescope uses several transfer lenses which, unfortunately, scatter a tiny amount of light. Normally it is quite unnoticeable but when something extremely bright, like Saturn, is just outside the field of view and the image is contrast-enhanced, this is one of the effects that can appear.

Files associated with this observation

phoebe_annot.png (593.6 kB)

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