Saturn (with Rhea shadow) through the cloud

[MartinB]

Got in midnight Friday after a very pleasant evening and a fair bit of Cotes de Rhone. Was clear so set up but as usual was spotted by the cloud god. Determined to do something so had a very rare planetary session peering through the gloom at Saturn. It never fully cleared and Saturns brightness was continually changing. Was annoying because the seeing was very good.

So not much detail but it's my first effort for a long time. There is a tiny dark bleb lower left which I thought was an artefact until I looked through the frames. Have checked on starry night and I think it is Rhea's shadow

[Doc]

It's nice and sharp Martin.

And to capture Rhea's shadow you have done a gret job.

[MartinB]

Thanks Doc.

Forgot to mention - it was taken with a 10" LX200ACF (which I wasn't able to collimate because it was too cloudy!) x2 barlow and toucam. 200 useable frames from a 3 min 5fps run.

[MrEd]

Very Nice Martin.

I am looking forward to getting some transits myself

Ed

[legion48]

Good one Martin. I can't wait for a crack at Saturn.

[Sam]

That's great Martin, very clear. The banding on the planet is very nice and a bonus on catching Rhea's shadow!

Sam

[CELESCOPE]

LOL Takes Martins Pulse,YOU OK Martin, whots this A PLANET,hehehehe , well have to say , its a darn good shot that ,

Cheers

Rog

[Psychobilly]

Very Nice Martin

Another night of terrestrial gaseous nebulae for me and more on the cards for tonight might try some more advanced imaging techniques on them tonight though

[MartinB]

Thanks again chaps. Yes Rog, a planet! I've moved back into the light. This is going to be my thing until the obsy is sorted.

[Beyond_Vision]

Very nicely captured Martin

Regards

Kevin