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May 21, 2014 17:14 |  #1

Last week the Moon passed in front of (occulted) Saturn. This week I got around making an image from it.
70D at prime focus of a Meade 8" SCT (2000mm f/10) at 1/250 @ ISO400 about 4-6 minutes apart (in between clouds).

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May 21, 2014 21:25 |  #2

That's so neat Steve! Like an army of aliens in their flying saucers heading our way!


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May 21, 2014 21:53 |  #3

Ha ha !It's "Kang" and "Kodos" from the Simpsons. :-)


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May 22, 2014 17:36 |  #4

neat shots. I'm kind of surprised you could get good exposure on both at the same time




  
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May 22, 2014 18:55 |  #5

I did do a levels adjustment on the Moon in one direction and in the other direction on Saturn but not much. I was pleasantly suprised too, especially since the source images were jpegs.


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May 22, 2014 19:38 |  #6

One of the coolest images I've seen in a while. Very nice!




  
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May 24, 2014 02:39 |  #7

A great job. That is an excellent image.




  
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