This first image of Saturn with the NexImage5 camera shows the inner Crepe (C) Ring. At 38 days past opposition, the planet's shadow on the rings can be seen to the left. NOTE: video shot at wrong aspect ratio, corrected in post-processing. | Saturn Details: | | Night of: | Wednesday June 5, 2013 | Site: | Palomar Mountain | Local Time: | 10:00 PM | Jun 5, 2013 | Altitude: | 46° | | Distance: | 839,498,000 miles | Magnitude: | +1.03 mV | Diameter: | 18.4 arcsec | Tilt: | +20.9° NP | Phase Angle: | 3.78° | Illumination: | 99.89% |
| | Camera Settings: | | Telescope: | 9.25-SCT | Camera: | Celestron NexImage5 | f/ratio: | f/10 | Pixel Scale: | 0.214 arcsec | Gain: | 10 | Exposure: | 0.2 sec | Video Length: | ? | Frames: | | Stacked: | 665 |
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