Saturn Approaching Opposition

[orion25]

I had a great Friday night with my Big Mak (Orion 180mm Mak-Cass) and I stayed out late enough for Saturn to get good elevation. I did some lucky imaging with the trusty old ASI 224mc and produced the following image:

You can see the more edge-on appearance as compared to this image from 2021:

Saturn is moving toward an edge-on apparition in 2025. Will be most interesting!

Clear skies!
Reggie 🤩

[morimarty]

Nicely captured Reggie and a good comparison too.

[orion25]

1 hour ago, morimarty said:

Nicely captured Reggie and a good comparison too.

Thanks, my friend! I want to get an image of Saturn when it is fully edge-on in 2025 and make a montage including these two images.

[si@nite]

Great capture & comparative Reggie.

[orion25]

4 hours ago, si@nite said:

Great capture & comparative Reggie.

Thanks, Simon. I look forward to getting a striking edge-on image in 2025! 🤩