With the moon out of the way, I’ll work on improving my pictures through the Celestron C8, a 2032mm f/10 scope. The last two nights I took some quick pictures through it that were out of focus. Tonight went a little better. Here is a low exposure shot to bring out Saturn’s rings:
And here is a longer exposure to bring out the moons better. In order from top left, we have Titan to Saturn’s right, and then Callisto and Io to the left of Jupiter, and Ganymede and Europa to the right. I’d love to get Phoebe, another moon of Saturn that’s directly above Jupiter, but it’s 17 magnitude. Maybe I’ll do a really long exposure in the coming days.
Keep in mind Saturn is about twice as far from us as Jupiter, about 90 light minutes vs. 50 light minutes, and the sun is only 8 light minutes from us. So while it’s pretty neat to see them together, they are not close to each other.
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