Saturn's north pole now tilted only 2.5 degrees. Only 16 days past opposition, the planet's shadow can just be seen on the rings to the left. Rhea is the dot above the rings on left. | Saturn Details: | | Night of: | Wednesday April 7, 2010 | Site: | Bonsall | Local Time: | 10:00 PM | Apr 7, 2010 | Altitude: | 50° | | Distance: | 794,623,000 miles | Magnitude: | +0.75 mV | Diameter: | 19.44 arcsec | Tilt: | +3.1° NP | Phase Angle: | 1.87° | Illumination: | 99.97% |
| | Camera Settings: | | Telescope: | 9.25-SCT | Camera: | Orion Starshoot DSI2 + 3x | f/ratio: | f/30 | Pixel Scale: | 0.235 arcsec | Gain: | 0 | Exposure: | 0.2 sec | Video Length: | ? | Frames: | | Stacked: | 117 |
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