Saturn and Porrima - three visions

Posted by MROCKENBACH
on Wednesday, June 15, 2011

by Marcos L Rockenbach

Local: Caxias do Sul / Brazil

Date: 12 June 2011

Left to Right:

Saturn and Porrima at sky: Stack 03 pictures. Camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1, ISO 800, 1/8 sec, focal distance 300 mm, f/3.3. Local time: 18h42min.

Saturn and Porrima eyepiece vision: Telescope Celestron NextStar 6 SE, eyepiece Burgess Optical 20 mm. Camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1, ISO 800, 1/8 sec, focal distance 25 mm. Stack 03 pictures. Local time: 18h27 min.

Saturn and Porrima telescope vision:  Telescope Celestron NexStar 6 SE, Camera Meade LPI plus barlow 2x. Saturn: stack 12 pictures, RegiStax5 and Photoshop CS4, local time 18h07 min to 18h24min.  Porrima: stack 03 pictures, 18h32min. Constrast, brightness and colour balance Photoshop CS4. Dot upper right Saturn: Titan.

Atmospheric conditions: sky with ash emitted by Puyehue Volcano ( Chile ).

Tags: Saturn
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