The Saturn & Satellites


Date & Time: Nov 18 2000, 20:16 JST(+0900), 13sec. Exp.
Optical: TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite refractor, afocal method with LV12mm eyepiece
Synthesized focal length f=1585mm (equivalent f=8700mm in 35mm film format)
Auto-guided with GOTO MX-II Equatorial
Digital Camera: OLYMPUS C-2020Z
Location: Ooizumi vil., Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Mode.....SHQ (1600 x 1200, high-quality JPEG format)
Lens.....f=19.1mm (equivalent f=105mm in 35mm film format), Stop: F2.8
CCD sensitivity.....ISO100, White Balance.....Auto
The body of Saturn was taken on Sep 30, 2000 (Composed 6 images with Digital Camera)


An image in previous page has been exposed long time, so the Saturn itself is perfectly over-exposed and saturated. This photograph has been created by putting a saturn image taken on other day, and I tried to show you more actual view when you look through a telescope. I think you can understand distances of each satellite relative to the Saturn sensuously.

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Saturn in 1998
Change of Saturn's ring (1995-2012)

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