Observation by Mike Foulkes: The Transit of Iapetus

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Mike Foulkes

Observer

Mike Foulkes

Observed

2022 Jul 18 - 01:39

Uploaded

2022 Jul 19 - 15:01

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

279mm Schmidt-Cassegrain
ASI224MC camera
x2 Barlow, ADC, IR/UV Blocker

Location

Henlow

Title

The Transit of Iapetus

About this image

I wanted to observe this transit but it was cloudy up to ~23:00 on the 17. It then began to clear with some variable patches. Often some thin cloud hung over Saturn for extended periods, The seeing was generally poor which made focussing difficult

A number of images were taken until it became light. Some showed nothing but on a few such as this one, Iapetus appeared as a faint spot. The position matches that predicted by WinJupos for this time.

Files associated with this observation

Sat2022July18-0139_4 UT.png (38.5 kB)

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