[AZ-Observing] Image of Saturn and Porrima
- From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, evac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 0:30:41 -0400
The post about this topic yesterday by Mike Collins motivated me to make an
image of the planet and the binary star near closest approach. After a
pleasing view at 200x, I used the Webcam and 10" to image them individually.
Then I pasted Saturn and Porrima into a single image. The separation between
Saturn and Porrima is actually ten times larger than what you see in this view,
but the image scale of the individual objects is the same, and the position
angle is correct.
http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/135436038
Since closest approach wasn't really all that close compared to the 1 arcsecond
separation of Porrima's components, both the planet and resolved binary star
cannot be represented in a single image, unless you had a hypothetical monitor
that extends from your desk to the ceiling.
Tom
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