Observation by Peter Tickner: Transit of Iapetus imaging attempt

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2022 Jul 18 - 01:42

Uploaded

2022 Jul 20 - 00:52

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

ZWO ASI174MM
IR 642 nm pass filter
4x Televue PowerMate
14inch f/10 LX200ACF SCT

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Saturn - transit of Iapetus

Title

Transit of Iapetus imaging attempt

About this image

This was my attempt to image the transit. Saturn is only visible from my location until it reaches due South. An hour before that I still had hazy cloud blocking my view of Saturn. When it cleared the 'seeing' was far worse than the previous night. I ran five videos over a 20 minute period before I lost Saturn from view. Of the five videos only two were good enough to stack. This is from the best of those two and was my longest clear video. On close inspection I can line up a faint smudge in the right place per WinJUPOS but it isn't obvious without overlaying the WinJUPOS image.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

Saturn and Iapetus.png (337.5 kB)

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