Saturn and 5 Moons

Posted by Jaicoa2
on Friday, June 12, 2009

by: Efrain Morales Rivera

 

05/31/09 00:08ut

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, DMK21AF04 Ccd, PowerMate 2.5x barlows, Astronomik LRGB.

Lum=30fps, 1/30th sec, 2500 frames, RGB=30fps, 1/10th sec. 1500 frmes.

 

On this rare occation, Saturn and its five major moons were in the same fov. Rhea, Enceladus moving from left to right and Tethys, Dione and Titan moving from right to left. Animation available at my site.

Tags: Saturn
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