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Observation by Peter Tickner: Saturn + Rhea 16th July

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2026 Jul 16 - 03:30

Uploaded

2026 Jul 17 - 00:37

Objects

Saturn

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Constellation

Hercules

Field centre

RA: 18h01m
Dec: +33°15'
Position angle: -105°05'

Field size

2°28' × 1°42'

Equipment
  • Player One Uranus-M
  • Player One Neptune 664-C
  • Chroma luminance and Optalong 685 nm IR pass filters
  • Sunobserver eADC
  • Siebert 1.3x Ultra Barlow
  • Televue 2x Barlow
  • 12inch f/5 Newtonian
  • Mesu E200 Mk 2 Mount
Location

urban Berkshire

Target name

Saturn and Rhea

Title

Saturn + Rhea 16th July

About this image

A combination of IR and OSC data de-rotated to 03:30 UT.  Slightly better seeing than my posting for 15th July reflected in more detail in this image.

Peter

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