Saturn, Moons Titan, Dione, Tethys

Posted by Jaicoa2
on Friday, May 7, 2010

by Efrain Morales Rivera

 

Date: 03/31/10, 03:44ut

Location: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F25, DMK21AF04 Ccd, PowerMate 2.5x barlows, Astronomik LRGB filter Set. On the sequence time span two cameras were used DMK21 and the TouCam 840II. older image from 1986 were taken but the quality were not great using a SLR at the time.

The Moon Titan, Dione and Tethys are present in this fov. The lower sequence image shows Saturn going thru its ring angle changes over the last five years with a twist.

Lum = 1/30th, RGB = 1/15th at 30fps, Gama = 10, Gain = 800-925.

Tags: Saturn
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