This is an image I took last Saturday showing Saturn and two of its Moons (Titan and Rhea) setting behind the tree line of a mountain called Cerro de la Mitras located in Monterrey, Mexico. The distance to the trees was about 3.5km which is why I was able to focus them at the same time as Saturn.
This was taken with a Celestron Nexstar 6SE, a .63 focal reducer and a ZWO ASI533MC camera.
Even with your explanation my mind struggles to comprehend this image and I think, nah OP took a pic of the moon and needs to clean their camera lense.
Awesome shot!
matututs on
Wow, thats beautiful! How did you capture it so detailed?
Zealousideal_Hat_330 on
Fun fact: Saturn has two moons that swap orbit every four years… to stay minty fresh 😎
rabbi420 on
Very very, cool, my dude. Well done, really. Just a beautiful shot!
nmarnson on
I’m mindblown. Are there certain times every year where Saturn is so clearly visible like this? Is it always this close to see with just binoculars?
Effective-Kitchen401 on
Wha?!! That’s crazy. How long was the exposure?
Donnie_Dont_Do on
Meanwhile, I take a picture of the Moon and it’s a microscopic dot
Finz07 on
I take a picture of Saturn and it’s a white dot blended in with a bunch of other white dots
Bretzky77 on
This is absolutely breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.
MutantHippie on
I was so confused for a moment. Such a beautiful shot.
Hope you don’t mind if use this for my phone wallpaper :)?
StephinatelyNot on
Yeah, you have a beautiful camera set up. My brother has actually been looking into getting the 6SE. This post certainly isn’t changing any minds, and I’ve already sent it over to him. This is really good work.
thepizzamightier on
Post this is r/confusingperspective! Reading the comments I can definitely make sense of it, but it’s wild how it looks like you could have seen Saturn like this with the naked eye because of how the trees appear in the shot
Starship-1 on
Beautiful! I live not so far from Mexico and some days ago I was playing with an app that tells which planets or stars are above you and I was staring at Saturn right in front of my house! It looked really huge compared to other stars obviously:) Wonfeful photo! I’ll check more of your works 🙂
Wang_Fire2099 on
Let’s all be honest.
Saturn is the most badass looking planet without a doubt
BadMachina on
So this was taken in mexico? Great photo.
I have always wanted to see Saturn for myself 🪐
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Hi all,
This is an image I took last Saturday showing Saturn and two of its Moons (Titan and Rhea) setting behind the tree line of a mountain called Cerro de la Mitras located in Monterrey, Mexico. The distance to the trees was about 3.5km which is why I was able to focus them at the same time as Saturn.
This was taken with a Celestron Nexstar 6SE, a .63 focal reducer and a ZWO ASI533MC camera.
Here’s a [video ](https://i.imgur.com/a10jQL8.mp4)of the scene and here’s the [uncropped version](https://i.imgur.com/yQNPCrY.jpeg) of the image.
You can find more of my astrophotography [here](http://www.instagram.com/danborjaa).
Even with your explanation my mind struggles to comprehend this image and I think, nah OP took a pic of the moon and needs to clean their camera lense.
Awesome shot!
Wow, thats beautiful! How did you capture it so detailed?
Fun fact: Saturn has two moons that swap orbit every four years… to stay minty fresh 😎
Very very, cool, my dude. Well done, really. Just a beautiful shot!
I’m mindblown. Are there certain times every year where Saturn is so clearly visible like this? Is it always this close to see with just binoculars?
Wha?!! That’s crazy. How long was the exposure?
Meanwhile, I take a picture of the Moon and it’s a microscopic dot
I take a picture of Saturn and it’s a white dot blended in with a bunch of other white dots
This is absolutely breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.
I was so confused for a moment. Such a beautiful shot.
Hope you don’t mind if use this for my phone wallpaper :)?
Yeah, you have a beautiful camera set up. My brother has actually been looking into getting the 6SE. This post certainly isn’t changing any minds, and I’ve already sent it over to him. This is really good work.
Post this is r/confusingperspective! Reading the comments I can definitely make sense of it, but it’s wild how it looks like you could have seen Saturn like this with the naked eye because of how the trees appear in the shot
Beautiful! I live not so far from Mexico and some days ago I was playing with an app that tells which planets or stars are above you and I was staring at Saturn right in front of my house! It looked really huge compared to other stars obviously:) Wonfeful photo! I’ll check more of your works 🙂
Let’s all be honest.
Saturn is the most badass looking planet without a doubt
So this was taken in mexico? Great photo.
I have always wanted to see Saturn for myself 🪐