Realized I never posted this shot on this sub and since it’s one of my best I thought why not. Brought some new processing techniques on the September 2024 occultation of Saturn (09/17/2024), added some sharpening and glow effects.
Equipment: Celestron 5SE, ASI294MC, 2x Barlow.
Acquisition: 1 minute of lunar data stacked, 7 minutes of Saturnian data stacked, the even was recoded live in a video, which I also included and stacked to bring out more details.
Clouds rolled in sooo soon after the occultation, so I was ecstatic to be able to image it before that! Really happy with the result.
https://i.redd.it/98642vxt31ee1.jpeg
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This is a masterpiece tbh, you should get ready to sign book contracts, this would make an excellent addition to all the picture books about space. Jealous
Extremely impressive, thank you for ur talents
How come the rings are so yellow. Did you have to do coloring?
but with minutes of moving objects’ data stacked, with wildly different brightness, how’s that really different from just photoshopping saturn on the picture of the moon.
I’m willing to bet the other moons of Saturn also passed behind the moon but don’t quote me
This is what I’m here for! Fantastic picture, well done!
Why is there a line of black between the occultation of Saturn and the actual limb of the moon…
Beautiful capture! I m thrilled you took this opportunity.
That is fricken cool as heck OP. Thank you for sharing!
Fantastic, make I ask what telescope you have please?
Fake. I see more stars in the sky at night. This picture has no stars
Is Saturn artificially brightened in this image? Sure, the moon is quite a dark gray, but Saturn is 10 times farther from the sun so it’s lit 100 times less brightly.
Yeah well… I took a pretty cute picture of my cat the other day.
How rare are occultations? With the mars occultation earlier this month I tried to figure that out and couldn’t get a definitive answer.
Sorry about your busted windshield. Was my first thought. Then I scrolled down a bit. Congrats. Nice shot!
What altitude was this taken at? So little atmospheric shimmer.
OP/anyone who knows, does a Saturn/moon rise happen faster/slower/same speed as a Sun/moon eclipse on Earth?
Meaning from seeing no Saturn to what we see in the pic, was that like 5min? And if this was an eclipse, would the sun have covered the same distance in more or less time than Saturn?
….also is the fact that the sun is significantly bigger, both in real terms, and in “perceived” (given our closeness to it) make this not really a fair question?
Cheers!
God damn Titan is big. This picture really puts in perspective for some reason.
Bruh, in a 5se is mad impressive! Honestly One of the best shots I’ve ever seen.
All in line? Then maybe I am allowed to boink tonight
>added some sharpening and glow effects.
This sub is so picky about everything and always looking for like true science posts and discussion but suddenly draws the line at computer generated photos for whatever reason. So weird.