Here's another image of Saturn taken on June 15th with one of my CCD cameras - the SPC 9000 Color CCD. Seeing was far from perfect (poor-moderate), since Saturn is rather low above the horizon and reaches maximum altitude relatively early in the day. The atmosphere at time of imaging was somewhat unstable.
A series of images were taken On June 15th during the period 22:03 - 22:47 local time, using 2 planetary cameras: a monochrome DMK21+ astronomik color filters and color planetary camera - SPC9000.
The image is the best one based on a 45" stack of images (85% quality) captured by the SPC9000.
Note the bands on Saturn's northern hemisphere. The Polar Hexagon has a slight blue tinge but is not well resolved. The Encke minima is not distinct in the rings. Hopefully I will get better images in the coming nights.
A series of images were taken On June 15th during the period 22:03 - 22:47 local time, using 2 planetary cameras: a monochrome DMK21+ astronomik color filters and color planetary camera - SPC9000.
The image is the best one based on a 45" stack of images (85% quality) captured by the SPC9000.
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Note the bands on Saturn's northern hemisphere. The Polar Hexagon has a slight blue tinge but is not well resolved. The Encke minima is not distinct in the rings. Hopefully I will get better images in the coming nights.