Saturn November 17

Imaging Saturn on November 17, 2025 with ring tilt of 0,38°.

Editing was done using the newest version of AstroSurface W3.

Setting: TAL200K, ADC, Barlowx2, ASI715MC

Filter: IR/UV Cut

Software: SharpCap, AstroSurface, CS4, DeNoise AI, WinJupos.

Saturn with new ASI715MC Camera

First time this year capturing Saturn. The tilt of the rings are almost zero with 0,45°, a Saturn with edge on rings is not the Saturn we typically know from the books. But still interesting view.

I used my new camera ASI715MC with small pixels. I forget to keep an eye on the whitebalance on sharpcap. I made image both with and without IR/UC cut filter.

Compared with my ASI224MC

Setting is same as previous year; it was difficult to get blue/red out even when using my ADC.

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Moon at sunrise

 At UT3h21 this morning I was able to capture Mercury which was only 3° above the horizon. The sky was special with Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and the Moon and a golden hour background.

Venus-Jupiter Conjuction

Venus passes south of planet Jupiter this morning. I got up very early and went to Schaffen to get a free eastern horizon. Images mad with my Nikon D7500.

Moon and Pleiades

 

Moon and Pleiades.
Set up: TLAPO80/489 f/6 on EQ8 and Nikon D7500

Bracketing and HDR using CS4

Moon Venus Mercury

Nightscape of Venus, Moon and Mercury.

Mars Profiler - Mars Map - Mars Mapper

When observing Mars, this website can be used which structures you imaged or drawed. 

Mars Profiler 

Mars Feb 3, 2025

 

Image of Mars on Feb 3, 2025. The polar cap is clearly visible aswell other structures on the disk.

Setting

TAL 200K @f/26 using Barlow X3

ASI224MC camera and IR/UV blocking filter

Sofware: SharpCap 4, AstroSurface and CS4

Jupiter and Transit of Io with Shadow and outbreak in NTrZ

 

Transit of Io on Jupiter with shadow. Moon Ganymede can be seen left on above picture. Also visibel is the "outbreak" in the Northern Tropical Zone (NTrZ).

The ADC with my Barlow x2 was replace with a Celestron Barlow X3 (on loan from Helios colleague).

Mars

Image of planet Mars. It's the first time I could image Mars since the last opposition of 2022.

Setting:

- TAL200K with ASI224MC

- IR/UV cut and Barlow x3

- SharpCap, AstroSurface and CS4

Jupiter and Shadow transit of Ganymede

 

Temperature dropped to -5°C when shadow transit of Ganymede started.

Setting: TAL200K @f/26 with ASI224MC
ADC and IR/UC Cut
Exposure tim 27ms and 30.000 frames of which 3000 stacked.
Software: SharpCap 4, AstroSurface and CS4

Jupiter Jan 9, 2025 with GRS

I reworked by image by applying derotation using Winjupos. All in all, no huge improvements.

Jupiter and GRS

This evening some clear skies with 2 inches of snow and 0,5°C. Time to capture Jupiter with Great Red Spot. 

Setting
TAL200K f/23 with ADC and Barlow x2

IR/OV Cut filter

ASI224MC

16bit, 127fps, 30.000 frames of which 3000 withhold

Software : SharpCap 4, AstroSurface V3 Volcano, CS4

Moon-Venus Conjunction

My first observation of 2025 with a nice Moon-Venus conjuction.

Setting :

Nikon D7500 with 18-200mm lens set on 90mm

Bracketing and HDR combining using CS4. Final editing with DeNoise AI.

Jupiter - One week before Opposition

First time this year that I captured Jupiter. Temperature was 1°C and declining.

Setting:

TAL 200K @ f/23 with Barlowx2, ADC and IR/UV cut

ASI224MC camera

Software : SharpCap, AstroSurface and CS4

First HDR image using bracketing - Moon Halo with Mars

To capture a halo around the Moon I applied bracketing using my Nikon D7500. Postprocessing was done using all 5 "bracketing" images with CS4 (Menu Automatic, Merge to HDR). Once the image is made, some minor editing and noise reduction was done. The final image has some more details using this HDR technic.

Moon Halo with Mars

Freezing temperatures and a Moon with a 360° Halo and Mars. Image taken with Nikon D7500 and bracketing setting. 

Moon Halo

 

Halo around the Moon, image taken with Nikon D7500.

Venus and Mercury

This morning I could take some picture of Venus and Mercury. The picture was taken in Aarschot at the Demer river. The temperature was about -7.5°C