Neptune and Saturn, getting close to each other

Neptune and Saturn 1.18 degrees apart
This is a composite image, formed from separate images of Neptune and Saturn, taken within minutes of each other.
Although the planet scale is the same, the separation distance is not to scale
The two planets will be the closest in February 2026, when they will be less than 1.0 degree apart.

Explore Scientific 152mm Maksutov-Cassegrain
ZWO ASI 183MC pro camera
SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro equatorial mount

two separate images, formed from software-selected and registered frames from several minute videos an 5 to 25 frames per second