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Saturn at Opposition, July 2019

As I had not filmed Saturn since last year, I was very worried that the results would not be good.

Wonderful stargazing weather. That is how I describe last night, though I am sure some would disagree because it was a little chill.

What is neat about lining all three images side-by-side is that they were taken with the same telescope and same equipment setup.

This is my first good image of Jupiter in 2018. The focus was near-perfect and about as good as I am going to get with my equipment.

The current positions and timing of our planets offer an opportunity to see both Jupiter and Venus in the sky shortly after Dusk.

Just one problem, though – the Moon was approaching Full and washed much of the sky out. So I settled for looking at the Moon, mostly.

These early Waning phase days are a reminder that astrophotography can be done all day and all night.

The best way I can confirm/reconfirm which dot was Pluto would be to sketch the area around HIP 94372 once Pluto has moved significantly.

The Moon, but not the Moon. Quickly I detached my smartphone from its mount and took several pictures of the phenomenon.

With that telescope, this eyepiece setup magnifies about 333 times!