Saturn
North is up unless otherwise noted
Saturn in 2009
Saturn on February 18, 2009 at 07:43 UT
Place your mouse cursor onto the image for identification of the visible moons
19.7 arcseconds in diameter
Central Meridian: System I= 199.2°, II=326.3°, III= 210.4°
Celestron C11 @ f/17.2, RGB result using a DMK21AF04.AS
SBIG/CS RGB filters
Notes: A storm in the EZn (equatorial zone-north) appears as a small yellow spot left of center and just above the ring's dark shadow on the planet.
Saturn in 2008
Saturn on April 22, 2008 at 02:45 UT
18.9 arcseconds in diameter
Central Meridian: System I= 221.0°, II=034.5°, III= 269.8°
Celestron C11 @ f/17.2, RGB result using a DMK21AF04.AS
Astrodon RGB filters
Note the very bright storm in the STrZ (south tropical zone) on the lower left of the planet.
Saturn in 2007
Saturn on March 26, 2007 at 01:46 UT
19.6 arcseconds in diameter
Central Meridian: System I= 310°, II= 218°, III= 208°
Celestron C11 @ f/26, RGB result using a ToUcam 740 with monochrome CCD
SBIG RGB filters
Saturn in 2006
Saturn on February 22, 2006 at 03:05 UT
20.2 arcseconds in diameter
Central Meridian: System I= 343°, II= 113°, III= 221°
Note the bright storm in the STrZ (south tropical zone) to the lower right of center.
Celestron C11 @ f/33, RGB result using a ToUcam 740 with monochrome CCD
SBIG RGB filters
Saturn in 2005
Saturn on October 3, 2005 at 10:02 UT
17.4 arcseconds in diameter
Central Meridian: System I= 208°, II= 135°, III= 154°
Celestron C11 @ f/36, RGB result using a ToUcam 740 with monochrome CCD
SBIG RGB filters
Saturn and 8 of its moons
on 021405 at 0127UT (021305 at 8:27pm EST)
Place your mouse cursor onto the image for identification of the moons and their visual magnitudes
Imaged with a monochrome CCD-modified Philips ToUcam Pro webcam @ f/7 through a TEC140 APO Refractor. North is up.
This is a composition of stacked results from two 90 second video clips. One was exposed with maximum exposure and gain to record the faint satellites, but greatly overexposed the planet (causing the oval glow); and the other with shorter exposure and lower gain to record Saturn properly. The brightest moon, Titan, was recorded in both videos and was used as a reference mark for positioning the image of Saturn. Despite it's poor visibility here, the faint moon Hyperion has actually been enhanced slightly relative to the other visible moons. A few faint background stars are also visible in the mouse-over identification image... one is just below and to the left of Iapetus.
The NASA/JPL Solar System Simulator > http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ < was used for identification of these moons.
Saturn in 2004
Saturn on 2-03-04 at 12:05am EST (5:05 UT on 2-03-04)
Central Meridian: System I= 345°, II= 208°, III= 140°
Imaged with a Philips ToUcam 740 webcam @ f/25 through an 11" Celestron SCT