Friday, August 30, 2024

Saturn: 10 days before opposition

Capturing Saturn, 10 days before opposition. Seeing was fair, transparancy good. It was until midnight that seeing became little better. Saturn was about 24° above the horizon. Saturn will be at a max. altitude of  31° at local time 2h16, so two hours later. 

Setting: TAL200K f/8.5 with ASI224MC
ADC and Barlow x2; getting to f/22
Software: SharpCap 4, Astrosurface, CS4, Winjupos