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Old 30-03-2013, 03:37 PM
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Saturn and 5 satellites - UPDATED – orbits added. UPDATE 2: Animation added!
Hello,

After spending a couple of hours imaging the Moon (28th March), I swung the ‘scope over to Saturn to bang off an AVI before I went to bed, just because it was hanging there in the East.

A couple of days later I punched the 3000 frame AVI through Autostakkert and after some histogram stretching, I was astonished to discover that I had recorded 5 of the Saturnian moons.

The attached image is a composite of a 2 Layers generated from the same image; a planetary Layer with Saturn’s disc optimally exposed and a moon’s Layer that has been significantly stretched to show the moons

Saturn and Satellites Data from SkyTools 3 Professional Edition.
  • Saturn: Magnitude: 0.27, Size: 43"x 17"
  • Titan 8.4 mag, 60.6” sep.
  • Rhea 9.8 mag, 78.2” sep.
  • Enceladus 11.8 mag, 12.5” sep.
  • Dione 10.5 mag, 43.5” sep.
  • Tethys 10.3 mag, 16.2” sep.
  • Earth Distance: 9.0 AU
  • Sun Distance: 9.8 AU
  • Diameter: 120,536 km

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Dennis
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Old 30-03-2013, 04:03 PM
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Great stuff Dennis! It's amazing, once you stretch a planet stack out, only to find a heap of moons!

Not purposely hijacking, but I know you'll be interested in mine from the 23rd March..

Nice work again!
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Old 30-03-2013, 04:57 PM
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Nice one John, yours is in colour too!

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Old 30-03-2013, 05:05 PM
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What a nice shot

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Beautifully rendered - top stuff Dennis.
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Great work, Dennis
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oh i love this stuff - top shelf Dennis
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Old 30-03-2013, 08:53 PM
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Thanks guys – here’s a couple of images showing the orbits as shown in Starry Night Pro Plus 6. In CS6 I created the elliptical paths on a separate Layer and brightened the satellites to make them more prominent.

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Very impressive, excellent work.

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Old 30-03-2013, 09:36 PM
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And it just gets better….here is the animation, to be followed by the best seller, T-shirt, blockbuster movie, etc.!

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And it just gets better….here is the animation, to be followed by the best seller, T-shirt, blockbuster movie, etc.!

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i want the t shirt and autograph.......
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I don't recall seeing anyone go to the trouble of emulating orbits before Dennis. Nice touch.

This is definitely getting epic. Not sure about the blockbuster movie, but I'm still cheering.
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Old 30-03-2013, 10:03 PM
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Thanks David & Rob.

@Rob – Rolf (SkyViking) posted a “Uranus & Moons” orbit image a while ago, so I’m following in his footsteps, albeit a bit closer to Earth!

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very cool stuff :-)
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Nice work Dennis!
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Great stuff Dennis. The detail in Saturn is awesome.
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Nicely done Dennis, a truly epic production and very effective.

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Great work.
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Love the orbit rings which makes it all look dynamic.

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