Observation by Peter Tickner: Saturn before the lunar eclipse

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2026 Aug 28 - 01:09

Uploaded

2026 Aug 28 - 16:24

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

Player One Uranus-M
Optalong 685 nm long pass filter
Sunobserver eADC
Siebert 1.3x Ultra Barlow
TS 3x Barlow
12inch f/5 Newtonian
Mesu E200 Mk 2 Mount

Location

urban Berkshire

Target name

Saturn and four moons

Title

Saturn before the lunar eclipse

About this image

Clear skies but unsteady seeing about an hour before the lunar eclipse process started. Saturn was reasonably high at 37 degrees and I was able to capture 6x1minute videos at 11 ms exposure and could pick out four moons with careful processing.

Peter

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