Observation by Geof Lewis: Saturn x2 (OSC-IR) - 2 Oct 2026

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Geof Lewis

Observer

Geof Lewis

Observed

2026 Oct 02 - 00:36

Uploaded

2026 Oct 04 - 17:36

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

AP1200
C14 XLT
Player One Uranus-C
ADC
Baader Q Barlow
Astronomic Type 2 L
Astronomic Pro Planet IR642
Astronomic Pro Planet IR742

Exposure

13500 x 13ms (76fps)

Location

Norfolk

Target name

Saturn

Title

Saturn x2 (OSC-IR) - 2 Oct 2026

About this image

After a hiatus of over 5 months since I pointed my C14 telescope at the night sky, I finally got out on the night of 1-2 Oct to take my first looks at Saturn this apparition.

It was also my first time using the P1 Uranus-C camera on Saturn, so it took me a while to dial in the camera capture settings, not helped by poor seeing and the scope initially being out of collimation.

Having collimated the scope, the seeing also improved a little after 1am (02/10) so I ran a couple of capture series including using the IR642 filter for the first image and a deeper IR742 for the second image. Both images are IR enhanced OSC.

There is some colourful banding visible on Saturn's globe and a storm (light spot) can be seen in the southern hemisphere, with that having moved with the planets rotation by the time of the 2nd image set captured about 3/4 hour later.

The rings look bright due to the Seeliger effect when Saturn is close to opposition, which happened on 4 Oct 2026.

Saturn's moon Tethys can be seen just above the rings to the left of Saturn.

Files associated with this observation

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