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Web Cam Images. Unless indicated otherwise all camera settings were recorded with WcCrtl.
May 30, 2010 03:24 UT
750 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was fair to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. Philips SPC900NC camera in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 50%. Gain: 62%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn May 30, 2010
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May 30, 2010 02:55 UT
350 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was fair to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 5X barlow. Philips SPC900NC camera in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 50%. Gain: 85%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn May 30, 2010
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May 29, 2010 03:22 UT
750 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was fair to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. Philips SPC900NC camera in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 50%. Gain: 67%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn May 29, 2010
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Apr. 18, 2010 04:11 UT
800 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was fair to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. Philips SPC900NC camera in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 50%. Gain: 71%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn Apr. 18, 2010
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May 29, 2009 02:17 UT
In this image the moons Tethys Rhea, Mimas, Enceladus, and Dione were imaged by taking long exposures (5.8 sec). 20 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was fair to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. Imaging Source DBK color camera. Exposure setting: 5.8 sec. Brightness: 100%. Gain: 100%.
Saturn May 29, 2009
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May 29, 2009 02:17 UT
Saturn with a storm in the southern hemispher. The storm is the white spot below the red band. 750 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. Philips SPC900NC camera in 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 18.0". Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 50%. Gain: 62%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 50%.
Saturn May 29, 2009
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May 22, 2009 02:20 UT
600 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). South is down. 5X barlow. Imaging Source DBK color camera in 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 18.3". Exposure setting: 1/5 sec. Brightness: 39%. Gain: 100%.
Saturn May 22, 2009
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May 22, 2009 02:20 UT
650 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. Angular diameter 18.3". Philips SPC900NC camera in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 50%. Gain: 60%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 50%.
Saturn May 22, 2009
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May 10, 2009 03:01 UT
630 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was fair to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 5X barlow. Angular diameter 18.7". Philips SPC900NC camera in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 46%. Gain: 78%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 50%.
Saturn May 10, 2009
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May 10, 2009 02:26 UT
700 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was fair to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. Angular diameter 18.7". Philips SPC900NC camera in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 46%. Gain: 60%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 50%.
Saturn May 10, 2009
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Apr. 11, 2009 04:33 UT
620 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was fair to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 5X barlow. Angular diameter 19.5". Philips SPC900NC camera in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 57%. Gain: 75%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 50%.
Saturn Apr. 11, 2009
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Apr. 11, 2009 04:02 UT
700 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was fair to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. Angular diameter 19.5". Philips SPC900NC camera in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 57%. Gain: 51%. Gamma 19%. Saturation 50%.
Saturn Apr. 11, 2009
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Jan. 31, 2009 09:13 UT
400 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was poor to fair (~2 to 3 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. Angular diameter 19.4". QC 4000 webcam in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/5 sec. Brightness: 49%. Gain: 49%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn Jan. 31, 2009
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Jan. 22, 2009 09:21 UT
500 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was average to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. Angular diameter 19.2". RAW mode modified Philips SPC900NC webcam in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 50%. Gain: 78%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 50%.
Saturn Jan. 22, 2009
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Apr. 5, 2008 02:49 UT
750 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). South is down. 5X barlow. Angular diameter 19.5". Philips SPC900NC webcam in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/25 sec. Brightness: 53%. Gain: 54%. Gamma 61%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn Apr. 5, 2008
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March. 11, 2008 05:03 UT
700 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). South is down. 5X barlow. Angular diameter 20.0". QC 4000 Pro webcam in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/10 sec. Brightness: 49%. Gain: 81%. Gamma 29%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn Mar. 11, 2008
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March. 01, 2008 05:50 UT
250 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was poor to fair (~2 to 3 out of 5). South is down. 5X barlow. Angular diameter 20.1". QC 4000 Pro webcam in 640x480 mode. Exposure setting: 1/5 sec. Brightness: 49%. Gain: 68%. Gamma 10%. Saturation 96%.
Saturn Mar. 01, 2008
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Apr. 29, 2007 02:28 UT
1400 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was average to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 18.5". 1/25 sec. Brightness: 63%. Gain: 63%. Gamma 10%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn Apr. 29, 2007
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Apr. 29, 2007 02:56 UT
750 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was average to good (~3 to 4 out of 5). South is down. 5X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 18.5". 1/25 sec. Brightness: 77%. Gain: 70%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn Apr. 29, 2007
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Apr. 2, 2007 02:38 UT
1450 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was excellent (~4 to 5 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 19.4". 1/25 sec. Brightness: 61%. Gain: 67%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn Apr. 2, 2007
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Dec. 24, 2006 09:42 UT
1100 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was excellent (~4 to 5 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 19.5". 1/25 sec. Brightness: 50%. Gain: 54%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn Dec. 24, 2006
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Apr. 9, 2006 02:57 UT
1500 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 18.9". 1/25 sec. Brightness: 54%. Gain: 67%. Gamma 3%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn Apr. 9, 2006
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Mar. 26, 2006 02:35 UT
1700 Frames Stacked. This is the same image as the other image except that I enhanced the three moons that were visible in the image.
Seeing was excellent (~4 to 5 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 19.4". 1/25 sec. Brightness and gain ~50%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 100%.
Saturn Mar. 26, 2006
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Mar. 26, 2006 02:35 UT
1700 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was excellent (~4 to 5 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 19.4". 1/25 sec. Brightness and gain ~50%. Gamma 0%. Saturation 100%
Saturn Mar. 26, 2006
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Apr. 15, 2005 02:32 UT
800 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was average to average (~3 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 18.3". 1/25 sec. Brightness, saturation and gain ~50%. Gamma 0%.
Saturn Apr. 15, 2005
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Mar. 28, 2005 02:15 UT
1000 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was average to good (3-4 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 18.9".
Saturn Mar. 28, 2005
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Mar. 03, 2005 03:02 UT
600 Frames Stacked.
Seeing was poor to average (2-3 out of 5). South is down. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 19.7".
Saturn Mar. 3, 2005
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Saturn's Moons
Mar. 03, 2005 02:59 UT
20 - 1 second exposures stacked.
Seeing was poor to average (2 to 3 out of 5). SAC7A CCD camera at the prime focus of the 8" SCT. Individual red, green, and blue images were combined to make the color image after stacking the images from each color channel. The negative image on the right has been enlarged 2 times and does a better job of showing the moons. As you can see Saturn had to be overexposed in this image in order to bring out the moons. The visual magnitudes of the moons are as folows:
Titan: 8.28, Dione: 10.4, Enceladus: 11.7, Tethys: 10.2, and Rhea: 9.7.
Saturn Mar. 3, 2005
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Saturn Mar. 3, 2005
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Saturn Mar. 3, 2005
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Web Cam Images
Feb. 26, 2005 03:02 UT
1000 Frames Stacked.
South is down. Seeing was average to good (3-4 out of 5). Large scale turbulance caused the "ghost image just to the right of the planet's disk and rings. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 19.9".
Saturn Feb. 26, 2005
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Feb. 03, 2005 5:01 UT
1000 Frames Stacked.
Another image from 2/3/2005 but processed to give a more natural color. South is down in this image. 3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 20.4".
Saturn Feb. 3, 2005
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Feb. 03, 2005 4:56 UT
1000 Frames Stacked.
3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 20.4".
Saturn Feb. 3, 2005
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Jan. 25, 2005
750 Frames Stacked.
3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 20.6".
Saturn Jan. 25, 2005
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Dec. 17, 2004
950 Frames Stacked.
3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 20.3".
Saturn Dec. 17, 2004
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Dec. 08, 2004
1600 Frames Stacked.
3X barlow. 640x480 mode. Angular diameter 20.1".
Saturn Dec. 8, 2004
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Dec. 04, 2004
550 Frames Stacked.
2X barlow. 640x480 mode. Cropped. Angular diameter 20.0".
Saturn Dec. 4, 2004
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Mar. 19, 2004
253 Frames Stacked.
3X barlow. 640x480 mode. JMI NGFS focuser. Angular diameter 18.8".
Saturn Mar. 19, 2004
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Mar. 15, 2004
441 Frames Stacked.
3X barlow. 640x480 mode. JMI NGFS focuser. Angular diameter 18.9".
Saturn Mar. 15, 2004
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Jan. 14, 2004
500 Frames Stacked.
3X barlow. 640x480 mode. JMI NGFS focuser. Angular diameter 20.6".
Saturn Jan. 14, 2004
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Dec. 20, 2003
400 Frames Stacked.
3X barlow. Angular diameter 20.6".
Saturn Dec. 20, 2003
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Oct. 19, 2003
664 Frames Stacked.
3X barlow. Angular diameter 19.0".
Saturn Oct. 19, 2003
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Oct. 15, 2003
291 Frames Stacked.
5X barlow. Angular diameter 18.9".
Saturn Oct. 15, 2003
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Oct. 12, 2003
1000 Frames Stacked.
5X barlow. Angular diameter 18.8".
Saturn Oct. 12, 2003
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Oct. 04, 2003
549 Frames Stacked.
3X barlow. Angular diameter 18.5".
Saturn Oct. 4, 2003
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Film Camera Images
Mar. 29, 2003
Polaroid ASA 800 film. OM1 35 mm camera.
15 - 1/2 second exposures stacked with Registax.
Eyepiece projection using a 6.4 mm eyepiece.
Angular diameter 18.0"
Saturn Mar. 29, 2003
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Mar. 21, 2003
Polaroid ASA 800 film. OM1 35 mm camera.
Single 1/2 second exposure.
Eyepiece projection using a 6.4 mm eyepiece.
Angular diameter 18.3"
Saturn Mar. 21, 2003
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