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Observation by Peter Tickner: Saturn comparison 21 September

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2026 Sep 21 - 23:16

Uploaded

2026 Sep 25 - 10:23

Objects

Saturn

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Constellation

Pyxis

Field centre

RA: 09h00m
Dec: -25°27'
Position angle: +173°57'

Field size

3°14' × 2°48'

Equipment
  • Player One Uranus-M
  • Player One Uranus-C
  • Chroma luminance and Optalong 685 nm IR pass filters
  • 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 twice

Title

Saturn comparison 21 September

About this image

This is a comparison of subtle differences on a night of good seeing.  The top image is the One Shot Colour data, the lower image has IR data from either side of the OSC data and de-rotated to the same time before combining.

Peter

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