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Saturn at Opposition - 8 min WinJ Composite, Seb Lukas

Saturn at Opposition - 8 min WinJ Composite

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Saturn at Opposition - 8 min WinJ Composite, Seb Lukas

Saturn at Opposition - 8 min WinJ Composite

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Saturn in the evening of Sun 27 Aug 2023 AEST, four and a half hours past opposition mark (800 UTC).

Taken in a brief period of good seeing on a humid Canberra night (was lucky to pack up in time before another shower arrived).

Despite limited amount of data (4,000 frames) the QHY OSC resolves discrete banding all the way to the poles. Seeliger effect (brightening of the rings) is on show, it's interesting that Cassini Division is now more difficult to resolve in front of the planet. No bright moons were in Saturn's vicinity during this exposure.

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Saturn at Opposition - 8 min WinJ Composite, Seb Lukas