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Another year, another 🪐

#Saturn #Astrodon #Astrophotography

📷 2015, 2016, and then annually from 2020.

7 telescopic views of Saturn arranged in a horizontal line. All Saturns are tilted approximately 45° (the planet's north pole 'pointing' off to the top left). Left most images fuzzier, and with the rings more open, as the images progress to the right they get sharper, and the rings become more and more 'edge on'.
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Tio
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Amazing. So how do you do it now? What's your gear and method?
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Tio
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So do you basically record videos with a special telescope camera then process the frames?

I am trying too, in my amateur way tiotrom.com/photos/ and I'd like to up my game :) but I do not have any advanced gear. Actually I take all of my photos with an old Pixel 4a.

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Tio
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Thanks! Maybe one day I'll get an astro cam because I see the difference in image quality is really huge, as it is to be expected. Excited to try that in the future!
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@tio

Is that 3 meter focal length with a Barlow? Nice shots.

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This is awesome, keep it up! I like how the angle changes along with the resolution.
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llewelly
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@jesusmargar even though it's not as sharp as the 2023 photo, it seems the 2024 photo captured a few moons?
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@llewelly Yes, I did notice that but I think moons may happen to be in the wrong place when pictures are taken (so that they don't reflect light, e.g. if they are 'behind') or any postprocessing may erase them, taking them for noise. Saturn has over a 100 moons (I am not sure we know all of them for certain) but only the biggest would be noticeable.
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Rua
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Is it getting less blurry because our cameras are better, or some other reason?
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Oh it's *your* photos! Nice! I thought they were just the run-of-the-mill professional astronomy pictures.
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Jeffy 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 ❤️🇱🇺
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@toddedwardson you’re welcome. I’m grateful that you share them here.
@Todd Edwardson
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Jared Zimmerman ✨
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fuckin Saturn
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