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Object | Saturn |
Image type | image |
File size | 380.0 KB |
URL | s2024-03-20_10-10-24_ir_tba.png |
Observer | Trevor Barry |
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Comments: Imaged Saturn March 20th at very low altitude just as the Sun was coming over the horizon. The data is abysmal but it was a valuable exercise to check the weight bias of my mount having had to flop the scope tube to image to the East for the first time since prior to Saturn Solar conjunction. Also got to check the match marks regarding the rotation of my imaging train in the focusor so that Saturn was tracking across the long axis of the chip. As Saturn rapidly rises higher I am now well prepared with the setup to capture data and not waste time fiddling. The relative tilt of the rings, even in this rubbish data is most apparent. Earlier this year when I lost Saturn behind various trees and my neighbours roof the apparent tilts relative to Earth January 9th 2024 was 8.8 degrees and now on March 20th it has reduced to just 5 degrees.
Observation 1 | |
Feature(s) | N/A |
Filter(s) | ir |
Date | 2024-03-20 10:10:24 |
Julian day | 2460389.923611111 |
System I | 68.38925° |
System II | N/A |
System III | 166.78653° |
Illumination | 100.0% |
Phase angle | 1.7999999523162842° |
Solar longitude | 46.4° |
Eq. diameter | 15.52″ |
Derotation | 0.0 min |