On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, an astronomical event was going to take place in the night sky; a conjunction. Our moon and Saturn were going to be very close together in the sky (from our perspective here on Earth), so I set up my 10" telescope out in the backyard and waited for the two objects to appear from behind the roof of my house. (My backyard faces west, and the roof of my house draws a straight line from north to south.)

This is a representation of the conjunction. This is more an artistic than a scientific approach. This image is not to scale (Saturn would be a tiny point of light).

I wrote and published a story about this image and this session here: https://medium.com/@astro.nanuuuuuu/i-imaged-the-moon-and-saturn-dancing-together-in-the-sky-96b0c8de7312

This is my astronomy-dedicated Instagram: instagram.com/astro.nanuuuuuu

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Orion SkyQuest XT10 Dobsonian telescope
Moon: iPhone 12 Mini, Celestron NexYZ phone adapter, Tele Vue DeLite 18.2 mm eyepiece, smartwatch (remote shutter release)
Saturn: DSLR camera (Canon T3i), prime focus using the optical element of a Celestron Omni 2x Barlow lens

For the moon, I took several single shots with my phone, using my Celestron NexYZ phone adapter, my Tele Vue DeLite 18.2 mm eyepiece, and the NightCap Camera app for full control of the camera settings. I selected the best one and edited using my phone's photo-editing tools.

For Saturn, I took about 800 individual shots with my DSLR. After trying video, I found out this method works better for this setup. Once all captures were done, all the images were processed with PIPP and AutoStakkert! to center and stack the best 10% of all. Final image of Saturn was cropped.

Final details were done in GIMP.

The final image is a composite image (not to scale). A representation of the Moon-Saturn conjunction from Tuesday, October 24. This is more an artistic than a scientific approach.