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As mentioned during the 7/8/2025 club meeting the next 4 months provide an opportunity to see the shadow of Titan in transit on Saturn. The table below from Sky & Telescope has the dates and times to see this relatively rare event!
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I do not know why the above attachment is blacked out!!! I will try to load the file as a Word file.
Also I have not been able to edit the above post?! Not sure why.Getting ready for a possible Titan shadow on Saturn. The photo was taken at 3 am today (7-15-2025) with a 6 inch reflector. I’ll use an 8 inch on Friday, (weather permitting). The image is from a video with stacking using Sharp Cap Pro and Autostakket3.
Finally teased out Titan’s shadow on Saturn early this am (taken about 4 am). Used the 6″ scope (Quattro) and took a 100 frame video. Processed with AS3, and Registax6.
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It seems the Stellarium online view of the event today doesn’t show Titan’s shadow on Saturn’s disc (see Forum topic area on home page). I have Stellarium on my laptop and the shadow does appear.
For the image above seeing conditions were not the best with very high humidity and atmospheric turbulence and I went to bed thinking I did not see the shadow clearly even with a fair view at the eyepiece.Nice pic. Thank you for sharing. I should have gotten out and tried to get one but I’m just worn down from life. It’s a lot of work to get out there and get it done.
Saturn with Titan’s shadow about 3 am, 8-3-2025. Again skies were hazy, humid with less than ideal seeing. I used a 10 inch SCT and a short video processed with Registax6.
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Another view of Titan’s shadow with slight movement over 1/2 hour.
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Brightening the Saturn images taken on Aug. 3rd allowed Titan’s location to be visualized as shown below. Images have been rotated to match the appearance in Stellarium.
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