Saturn Image 2025/04/12(UT)
Clyde Foster,Andy Casely
C.Foster,A.Casely
| Clyde Foster |
I captured quite a bit of data this morning in unstable conditions. I was able to derotate the best 3 captures. The belts are slowly becoming more visible. Out of interest,I boosted contrast and was surprised to see some indication of the rings,together with Tethys,and possibly even Mimas above the rings on the left. Ring inclination is -1.1 deg,with solar declination still at +0.4 deg.[Clyde Foster : Khomas,Namibia]
| Andy Casely |
Here's a set of Saturn images from good seeing on the morning of the 13th (12th April in UT), and a rare glimpse of the dark side of the rings. A set of IR frames about 30mins before sunrise was in skies just dark enough to show the ghostly dark-side rings in a strongly cosntrast-enhanced image. I did miss the focus on the shot (!!), but moons Tethys and Dione are alongside the ghosts of the rings. A second set was a couple of much sharper IR, plus an RGB set, showing the silhouetted rings across the equator, plus the two moons. I tried to join the IR with the RGB (top), IR for luminance, but the colours were a little off due to very bright twilight. Hoping for better conditions to go after the night-side rings in the next few weeks before Saturn's equinox, as it gets higher in my morning sky.
[Andy Casely,Sydney,Australiaa]
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