Saturn - 081625

Sat Aug 16 2025

Saturn and its rings, captured from my backyard by stacking the sharpest frames from about 20,000 in a video to cut through the blur of our atmosphere. The rings are made of countless chunks of ice and rock, and even a modest telescope can show the gap that divides them. Seeing the ringed planet with your own gear never gets old.

About this object

Type

Gas Giant Planet

Equipment

• Telescope / Lens: Celestron C11
• Camera: ZWO ASI224MC
• Mount: Celestron CGEM II
• Filters: SVBony UV/IR Cut 1.25"
• Software: Chris Garry Planetary Imaging PreProcessor (PIPP), Cor Berrevoets et al. Registax, Emil Kraaikamp AutoStakkert!

Astrophotography by David Joyce, AstroDavido.