I took a picture of Saturn without a telescope, just a regular DSLR and a kit lens!

https://i.redd.it/sfcee5i6ud4g1.jpeg

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  1. LeBrown_James666 on

    It doesn’t seem like much but the fact that I was able to capture any sort of detail with my setup blew my mind.

    Equipment- Nikon D7500, Nikkor 300mm kit lens, basic tripod

    Details – Single exposure at ISO 320, 1/30s, f/10

    Processing – Saturn was incredibly small in the picture. As the planet was only a few pixels wide I could only crop in heavily and increase structure and clarity.

    Edit- ok so I think some people are finding it hard to believe that this can be done, I was also on that boat :p
    Essentially you just need your focus to be as precise as possible.

    The main magic happens in editing. I had to crop in like way more than 100% and then mess with all the sliders until I had a usable image 🙂