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archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
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 Alluring Views of Saturn Nearing Time of Opposition

   October 05, 2021

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   Photographer:  Marek Stromayer

   Summary Author:  Marek Stromayer;  Cadan Cummings

   The picture above of  Saturn was captured on July 18, 2021 in St.
   Petersburg, Florida using a ZWO ASI224MC camera mounted to a Celestron
   130 SLT telescope and a EQ6-R Pro computerized mount. The timing of the
   photo above coincided with Saturn nearing its date of  opposition,
   which occurred exactly two weeks later on August 1-2, 2021. The next
   opposition for Saturn will occur on August 14, 2022. Saturn has been a
   favorite night sky sight for astronomers for centuries. Known as one of
   the five “ wandering stars” (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn)
   to ancient civilizations, Saturn was first observed through a telescope
   in 1610 by  Galileo Galilei. Although Galileo was the first to see
   the planet’s disk, it took a further 50 years for astronomer
    Christiaan Huygens to discover the planet possessed its iconic
   rings. In more recent years, astronomers have focused on studying the
   many Moons of Saturn. As recent as 2019, a group of 20 new objects were
   discovered, bringing the official number to  82 confirmed Moons.
   However, only around 13 of these Moons have diameters larger than 31
   miles (50 kilometers). Look for Saturn currently in the constellation
    Capricornus.

   Photo details: Celestron 130 SLT telescope, EQ6-R Pro computerized
   mount, ZWO ASI224MC camera, ZWO ADC dispersion corrector, processed
   using Autostakkert and Registax
     * St. Petersburg, Florida Coordinates: 27.7676, -82.640

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