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Seeliger in full effect!


orion25

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Imaging and observing on the night of opposition revealed the notable Seeliger effect. The rings of Saturn show significant brightening from the full illumination of the Sun. I included an image from just a week prior "highlighting" the effect. Both images were captured with the ASI 224mc and Orion 180mm Mak-Cass using FireCapture, processed in Registax 6, with post-processing in Photoshop. Identical capture settings were used for both images:

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I generally prefer imaging Saturn in the weeks before or after opposition. The Seeliger effect seems to wash out the finer details (at least for me).

Images captured at r.j.s. observatory™

 

Cheers!

Reggie 🤩

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22 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Sadly not.

Just noticed you are in Georgia. I was in Savannah a couple of weeks ago. What a stunningly beautiful place.

I'm just up the road in Macon. Savannah is gorgeous; I love River Street and Tybee Island. Did you see the ocean?

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18 minutes ago, orion25 said:

I'm just up the road in Macon. Savannah is gorgeous; I love River Street and Tybee Island. Did you see the ocean?

Yes, went to Tybee island. Saw dolphins there.

The Savannah restaurant scene is super - favourite was the Pink House 👍🏻

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