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

Sun in CaIIH &H1v, CaIIK & K1v

Imaging the Sun in CaIIH &H1v, CaIIK3 & K1v using my Sol'Ex pro.

Setting: TLAPO60/360 with Sol'Ex Pro and ASI290MM

Herschel Wedge

Software:  SharpCap4, Inti, CS4

The Sun in H-alpha, beta, gamma, delta, CaIIK and H using Sol'Ex pro

This morning I took some time to image the Sun in different wavelengths using my Sol'Ex Pro. It was windy and seeing was bad. So images are far from perfect.

Setting: TLAPO60/360 with Sol'Ex Pro and ASI290MM

Herschel Wedge

Software: SharpCap4, Inti, JSolex and CS4

PC and SSD 

The Sun in FeI(c) line with Sol'Ex

Imaging the Sun with Sol'Ex pro in FeI(c) line (495.761nm). Both traces of the photosphere and chromosphere are visible. 

Conditions were far from perfect with wind and bad seeing.

Setting: TLAPO 60/360 with Sol'Ex Pro and ASI290MM

Herschel Wedge

Software : Sharpcap 4, Inti, JSolex and CS4

Lunar Occultation of Saturn

This morning, August 2024 at 5h30, planeet Saturn disappeared behing the Moon. Almost an hour later, around 6h26, the planet return from behind the Moon.

The PC was not ready to capture the first moment of occultation and therefor I took some afocal pictures and followed the phenomen visuel. The second moment was imaged using ASI224MC.

Setting: Dobson OrionXT12 (300mm) f/4.9
Camera : ASI224MC

Software : SharpCap4, Astrosurface, CS4

Afocal : iPhone on 9mm ocular.

Red "Super Blue" Moon due to forest fire in Canada

Image of the Super Blue Moon which is currently red due to forest fire in Canada.

Saturn Triple Ring Plane Crossing 2039

I know, still 15 years to go but, you can already start planning for the triple Saturn Ring Plan Crossing in 2039. One is not visible due to the Saturn - Sun Conjunction. 

Credit : https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20400328_12_100