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Denis Slattery (slattery) > ... and one more year later, on March 16, 2007: The rings take on a flatter aspect, revealing more of the planet's northern half. The same setup as last year was used: 8" Meade LX200 SCT telescope with Televue 4x Powermate (f/40), webcam and Registax 4.
Denis Slattery (slattery) > Looking west from Thousand Oaks, California, after sunset on April 28th, 2002, a rare conjunction of planets is seen: Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn are lined up from lowest to highest. The brightest is Venus; above it to the right is Mars, and above that Saturn. To the lower left of these two is the Taurus star Aldebaran. Jupiter was also visible on this memorable evening, but it's too high to capture in this frame.
Denis Slattery (slattery) > The Moon overtakes Saturn. Clouds partially obscured this memorable scene as the Moon's orbital movement carried it past the bright planet. The animation was constructed from individual frames in Adobe Photoshop/ImageReady.
Denis Slattery (slattery) > The Moon's dark limb bisects the planet.
Denis Slattery (slattery) > On December 28th, 2001, the Moon occulted Saturn as seen from Southern California. In this shot, the Moon's dark edge begins to overtake the planet. Taken with a Nikon 995 through a Meade LX200 8" SCT.
Denis Slattery (slattery) > Saturn one year later: January 28, 2006, in poor seeing conditions. Note the flattened angle of the rings this year, with the planet's northern region more visible than last year. Eventually we will see the rings as a thin line bisecting the planet. This image was made from a webcam video using Registax 3. Meade LX200 8" SCT telescope with Televue 4x Powermate (f40).
Denis Slattery (slattery) > Saturn on a night of good seeing (steady air), January 21, 2005. This image was made from a webcam video using Registax 3. Meade LX200 8" SCT telescope with Televue 4x Powermate (f40).
Denis Slattery (slattery) > Saturn visits the Beehive Cluster, M44, in Cancer. This image was made from 24 exposures of 15 seconds at ISO 800. The famous rings of Saturn are 'blown out' with such a long exposure, but the planet 's moons Titan, Rhea, and Iapetus are visible.
Denis Slattery (slattery) > On 6/27/05, Mercury and Venus at twilight appear just one-tenth of a degree apart, their closest appearance until 2070. Saturn also appears lower down. Venus is the brightest of the three. Taken in Newbury Park, CA with a Canon 10D, 70-200 f4 at 200mm, 1 second at ISO 400 and f4.
... and one more year later, on March 16, 2007: The rings take on a flatter aspect, revealing more of the planet's northern half.

The same setup as last year was used: 8" Meade LX200 SCT telescope with Televue 4x Powermate (f/40), webcam and Registax 4.
Denis Slattery (slattery) > ... and one more year later, on March 16, 2007: The rings take on a flatter aspect, revealing more of the planet's northern half. The same setup as last year was used: 8" Meade LX200 SCT telescope with Televue 4x Powermate (f/40), webcam and Registax 4.
... and one more year later, on March 16, 2007: The rings take on a flatter aspect, revealing more of the planet's northern half.

The same setup as last year was used: 8" Meade LX200 SCT telescope with Televue 4x Powermate (f/40), webcam and Registax 4.
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