This year Saturn reached its closest point to Earth on March 8. This image of Saturn was taken March 13 at the Hallam Observatory. The rings are nearly edge on this year!
This image is from a short movie (about 30 sec) of Saturn that I took with my Canon SLR through the 14 inch telescope. The image looked quite dark and fuzzy before it was processed. Once home I used a free program called Lynkeos that aligns and stacks the individual frames of the video into a still image.
That's so great. Brian hasn't tried any "star" shots yet, maybe soon. There is a great observatory bed and breakfast in Osoyoos that is well worth a visit.
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