Saturn, 2009 February 3, full-color wavelet-processed Registax stack of 1/30-s unfiltered Philips ToUcam exposures at f/20 (with a 2x Barlow lens) by F. Ringwald. |
Saturn, 2008 February 28, full-color wavelet-processed Registax stack of 140 (out of 1891) x 1/20-s unfiltered Philips ToUcam exposures at f/20 (with a 2x Barlow lens) by F. Ringwald. |
Saturn, 2006 December 4, full-color ToUcam LRGB image at f/20 (with a 2x Barlow lens) by Jeraldo Martinez. |
Saturn before opposition, 2005 November 18, full-color unsharp-masked Registax stack of 174 (out of 2355) x 1/20-s unfiltered Philips ToUcam exposures at f/20 (with a 2x Barlow lens) by F. Ringwald. Notice how the shadow of the planet falls on the right side of the rings. |
Saturn at opposition, 2006 February 8, full-color unsharp-masked Registax stack of 203 (out of 6709) x 1/20-s unfiltered Philips ToUcam exposures at f/20 (with a 2x Barlow lens) by F. Ringwald. |
Saturn after opposition, 2006 April 6, full-color unsharp-masked Registax stack of 71 (out of 4218) x 1/20-s unfiltered Philips ToUcam exposures at f/20 (with a 2x Barlow lens) by F. Ringwald. Notice how the shadow of the planet falls on the left side of the rings. |
Saturn, 2003 October 25 at 11:00 UT, full-color ST-7XE LRGB image at f/20 (with a 2x Barlow lens) by F. Ringwald, processed by Aaron Hathaway. |
Same as at right, but with the brightness scaling stretched by Aaron Hathaway, to bring out faint moons, including Enceladus (left, at magnitude V = 11.8), Tethys (bottom left, at V = 10.3), and Dione (bottom right, at V = 10.2). |