Observation by Dean Norris: Iapetus Transit of Saturn

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Dean Norris

Observer

Dean Norris

Observed

2022 Jul 18 - 08:30

Uploaded

2022 Aug 12 - 22:52

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

15" Obsession UC f/4.2, Siebert 1.75x Barlow, 6.7mm Ep., Apodizing Screen

Location

Santa Cruz, CA. USA

Target name

Iapetus transiting Saturn.

Title

Iapetus Transit of Saturn

About this image

Iapetus Transit of Saturn 7/18/22 8:30 UT Cml 50.02 Cmll 19.49 Cmlll 99.05

15" Obsession UC f/4.2 418x Anodizing Screen

Seeing 8 (1-10) Transparency 5 Santa Cruz, CA. USA

This was a challenging observation. The weather that night was variable with passing fog. At one point I had to wait for 20 minutes for the fog to clear. When it cleared around 1:30 am local time, is when I got my best view of the transit. I saw Iapetus transiting before then, but because of it's proximity to Saturn's limb the contrast improved a bit. Employing 418x is not the usual for my location, but was very lucky for the seeing to cooperate this night.

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