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English: 2 minute exposure of Saturn and its moons with a 12.5" telescope. Saturn is apparent magnitude 0.8 in this image taken at 2010-03-04 11:45 UT. Saturn is overexposed to bring out fainter objects. During this photo the moon was 81% full and only 34 degrees away.

Objects visible in this photo:

  • Two bright background stars to the upper left of Saturn
  • Iapetus: 2 o'clock position (directly above NGC 4179 at 4 o'clock)
  • Titan: bright-outer moon (magnitude 8) at 3 o'clock
  • Dione: 3 o'clock inner moon
  • NGC 4179: 4 o'clock
  • Hyperion: faint-outer moon (magnitude 14) at 9 o'clock
  • Rhea: inner moon at 9 o'clock

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This image was taken by Kevin Heider using LB-003 at LightBuckets in Rodeo, NM
Raw image from telescope (aimed at (Iapetus) 12 12 53.03 +01 22 57.6. Saturn at 12 13 07.87 +01 20 48.5)
Use Wikisky and enter coordinates 12 12 53.03 +01 22 57.6 (centered on Iapetus)
Skyview (NASA Virtual Telescope) website / Skyview image (centered on Iapetus)

Aladin image of this region (centered on Iapetus)
Author Kevin Heider @ LightBuckets
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