My first picture of Saturn, taken 6 months after its south pole reached its maximum tilt towards Earth. Stack of 18 RED, 22 GREEN and 18 BLUE frames | Saturn Details: | | Night of: | Monday October 20, 2003 | Site: | Ladera Ranch | Local Time: | 3:00 AM | Oct 20, 2003 | Altitude: | 52° | | Distance: | 813,739,000 miles | Magnitude: | +0.88 mV | Diameter: | 18.99 arcsec | Tilt: | -29.6° SP | Phase Angle: | 6.17° | Illumination: | 99.71% |
| | Camera Settings: | | Telescope: | 9.25-SCT | Camera: | SBIG ST237A + 3x | f/ratio: | f/30 | Pixel Scale: | 0.213 arcsec | Gain: | 0 | Exposure: | 0.5 sec | Video Length: | ? | Frames: | | Stacked: | 58 | Shot: | RGB |
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