The Ringed Planet at Opposition

 

Saturn and four moons imaged in the early hours 04-09-2023 with 127mm Meade Apo refractor, x3 Televue Barlow and a QHY5III462 colour planetary camera. Credit Pip Stakkert.

"After the jet stream departed from over Lowestoft, the night sky has been subject to mist and a blanket of wispy high level cloud. As Saturn is just about accessible, over the top of Mr Shrodinger's olive tree with the pier mounted 127mm Apo Meade refractor, we decided to have a go at imaging it with a  Televue x3 Barlow and the new QHY5III462 planetary camera. The image is a bit soft but Pipp managed to sharpen it a little and dig four moons out of the mist. Processed with PIPP, AS!3, Registax6, Affinity Photo2,.Astrosharp, Fitswork4 and Topaz Denoise AI software". - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.