My first picture of Saturn, taken 6 months after its south pole reached its maximum tilt towards Earth. Stack of 12 RED, 8 GREEN and 8 BLUE frames | Saturn Details: | | Night of: | Sunday September 21, 2003 | Site: | Ladera Ranch | Local Time: | 4:00 AM | Sep 22, 2003 | Altitude: | 41° | | Distance: | 856,334,000 miles | Magnitude: | +0.99 mV | Diameter: | 18.04 arcsec | Tilt: | -29.8° SP | Phase Angle: | 6.21° | Illumination: | 99.71% |
| | Camera Settings: | | Telescope: | 9.25-SCT | Camera: | SBIG ST237A + 3x | f/ratio: | f/30 | Pixel Scale: | 0.213 arcsec | Gain: | 0 | Exposure: | 0.5 sec | Video Length: | ? | Frames: | | Stacked: | 28 |
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