Saturn with "spokes" and Mars - August 10th

[James Willinghan]

Was out to do some imaging on August 10th since the seeing and transparency were both predicted to be above average.Well, transparency was extremely poor - was horrible and could hardly find any stars. Got my scope on Saturn at 2:30am and clouds started popping up just over my area.They hung around for an hour and then I was able to image only to find out my auto focuser (which I thought I had fixed after Windows 11 was somehow installed on my laptop overnight) was giving me the same error trying to connect to my laptop I decided to do the focusing by hand using the hand box that I had sitting next to me. Started imaging Saturn and seeing was pretty good, but the transparency really cut down on the quality. Also, Saturn was a bit small on the screen (I later discovered I accidentally put the wrong camera on my filter wheel - It's been awhile since the weather has allowed for imaging and I just wasn't thinking.) One thing you will note on the rings is to the left side in the middle are what are "spokes" These are smudge-like features that rotate with the B-ring. They were discovered by Voyager 2 in 1981. Amateurs have been able to capture these this season I'm thinking due to the orientation of the rings. Next was Mars.Mars was very small and hard to find visually in the haze and poor transparency. On Mars, Syrtis Major is the main dark feature rotating out of view to the right with the north polar cap showing prominently. Mars won't get that big this time around and will actually be at its smallest size of 13.8" before gradually getting larger in the 2029 apparition. RGB image taken with ZWO ASI174MM and Meade 12" SCT

Saturn - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jpwilli/55458566821/in/dateposted-public/

Mars - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jpwilli/55458737209/in/dateposted-public/

James

[John Nagy]

Great images! 

Regards, 

John

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[Kurt Bauch]

Nice work!!

Kurt Bauch

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