Saturn
2021 Opposition Imaged Through a Vixen VMC260L 10.6 Inch Modified Cassegrain Telescope
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click here.
Saturn Information and Data courtesy of
The
Nine Planets website
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Date: 04:53
UTC August 24th, 2021
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Image
Details:
- Instrument:
Vixen VMC260L Modified Cassegrain Telescope @ f/11 (3000 mm
native focal length). Dawes Limit of Telescope: 0.45
arc-seconds
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Mount: Rainbow
Astro RST-135 Mount in Alt-Azm Mode on Innorel RT90C Carbon-Fiber Tripod
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Image Scale:
0.17
arc-seconds/pixel
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Camera: ZWO
ASI178MC Color video camera shooting in 16-bit
.Ser file mode and 640x480 ROI mode
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Filters:
Integrated IR/UV Cutoff Filter on Camera Protective Window
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Exposure: .Ser file webcam capture,
3000 frames total in
16-bit Full-Color OSC Mode @ 90 fps
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Software:
FireCapture V.2.6 capture software,
Auto-Stakkert V.3, Registax Wavelets Ver. 6, Topaz Labs DeNoise AI, Topaz
Labs Gigapixel AI 2x enlarge, final processing in Adobe Photoshop CS6
using its Unsharp Mask and other Tools
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Location:
Little
Rock, AR., El. 300ft
Date:
04:53
GMT August 24th, 2021
Page Last Updated: 8/30/2021
©
Wade Van Arsdale
