Saturn 7th June

[lcd1080]

I imaged Saturn at 12:15 AM on June 7 2011 from my balcony in Baltimore, Maryland at an elevation of just 27 degrees. I used a Canon T2i DSLR camera in prime focus with an 8 inch Celestron SCT. 7480 frames were recorded at 25 frames per second with an exposure time of 1/25 second, of those 7480 frames 2978 frames were optimized and stacked in Registax 5.1; I attached a 2x barlow with a photo adapter to my DSLR T-ring resulting in an effective focal length of 4291 mm.

Would someone please tell me the name of the light color belt between the dark blue polar region and the rusty red equatorial belt (in the upper half of my image). I believe there are 2 of these light color belts however I managed to capture only one of them.

Peter

[Troy]

Good shot for low altitude, well done Peter :thumbsup:

[lcd1080]

Thanks Troy; since my telescope is on my balcony I can't image anything above 39 degrees elevation; that's the angle above which the ceiling of my balcony obstructs my telescope's line of view. So that's why the elevation of Saturn is so low for my image; I need to go to a star party soon to have unfettered access to the sky. Saturn is still about 48 degrees elevation just after civil dusk here in Baltimore, Maryland.