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Note: 2-3 weeks past 2018 Opposition Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Camera: Skyris 236M with Orion LRGB set Exposure: Stack of 1024 frames out of 3000 @ FPS (avg.)=18 Shutter=53.80ms Gain=280 (58%) Apparent Magnitude: 0.12 Distance: 9.1214 AU Date: 19th Jul 2019 Time: 00:51 am Site: Granada, Spain |
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Note: 2017 Opposition Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Camera: Skyris 236M with Orion LRGB set Exposure: Stack of 500 frames out of 3000 @ FPS (avg.)=18 Shutter=53.80ms Gain=263 (54%) Apparent Magnitude: 0.00 Distance: 9.0426 AU Date: 15th Jun 2017 Time: 00:55 am Site: Campbell, CA |
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Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Camera: Skyris 236M with Orion LRGB set Exposure: Stack of 500 frames out of 5000 @ FPS (avg.)=18 Shutter=53.80ms Gain=263 (54%) Apparent Magnitude: 0.05 Distance: 9.0583 AU Date: 5th Jun 2017 Time: 00:30 am Site: Campbell, CA |
| Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Orion 2x Shorty Plus Camera: DMK 21AU04 with Orion LRGB set Exposure: Apparent Magnitude: 0.12 Distance: 9.0985 AU Date: 26th Jun 2016 Time: 11:05 pm Site: Campbell, CA | |
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Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Orion 2x Shorty Plus Camera: DMK 21AU04 with Orion LRGB set Exposure: Stack of 449R,G,B Processed with Registax 6 and Photoshop Apparent Magnitude: 0.10 Distance: 9.0736 AU Date: 23th Jun 2016 Time: 12:59 am Site: Campbell, CA |
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Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Orion 2x Shorty Plus Camera: DMK 21AU04 with Orion LRGB set Exposure: Stack of 424R,G,B Processed with Registax 6 and Photoshop Apparent Magnitude: 0.42 Distance: 8.9818 AU Date: 4th Mar 2012 Time: 3:20 am Site: Sunnyvale, CA |
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Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Orion 2x Shorty Plus Camera: DMK 21AU04 unfiltered Exposure: Stack of 2098L Processed with Registax 5, AstraImage and Photoshop Apparent Magnitude: 0.44 Distance: 8.6914 AU Date: 12th Mar 2011 Time: 2:07 am Site: Sunnyvale, CA |
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Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Orion 2x Shorty Plus Camera: DMK 21AU04 with Orion LRGB set Exposure: Stack of 1214R, 1324G, 1902B x 1/15 s Processed with Registax 5, Maxim DL AstraImage and Photoshop Apparent Magnitude: 1.03 Distance: 9.2687 AU Date: 6th Jun 2010 Time: 11:00 pm Site: Corinth, TX |
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Note: First full LRGB processing with DMK. Opposition already took place on the 8th Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Orion 2x Shorty Plus Camera: DMK 21AU04 with Orion LRGB set Exposure: Stack of 226L, 146R, 182G, 139B x .5 s Processed with Registax 5, Maxim DL and Photoshop Apparent Magnitude: 0.51 Distance: 8.4011 AU Date: 15th Mar 2009 Time: 3:07 am Site: Irving, TX |
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Note: First attempt of compositing Luminance and Chrominance from two different cameras. This is as perpendicular as the rings can be seen until 2038. Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Orion 2x Shorty Plus Camera: DMK 21AU04 (Luminance) and Celestron NexImage (Chrominance) Exposure: Stack of 400 x 1/5 s @ 5 fps Overlaid in Photoshop Apparent Magnitude: 0.96 Distance: 8.9944 AU Date: 1st Jan 2009 Time: 5:09 am Site: Irving, TX |
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Note: One of my sharpest examples. Rhea can be seen, although Dione is barely visible at the bottom. Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Orion 2x Shorty Plus Camera: Celestron NexImage Exposure: Stack of 800 x 1/5 s @ 5 fps Date: 30th May 2008 Time: 9:27 pm Site: Irving, TX |
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Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Orion 2x Shorty Plus Camera: Celestron NexImage |
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Note: The storm can be seen as one or two bright spots in the southern hemisphere. I tried two different White Balance settings attempting to better show it. Contrast has been further enhanced on the right images. Also, image size is twice the original. Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Orion 2x Shorty Plus Camera: Celestron NexImage Date: 29th April 2008 Featured in JPL site link 1 link 2 link 3 |
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Note: Taking into account that the maximum useful magnification of the scope is 480X, and shooting at f/50, the result is not too bad. Seeing was good but well past 2008 opposition... Rhea can also been seen. Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8") Barlow: Powermate Televue 5x Camera: Celestron NexImage Date: 29th May 2008 |
