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Community photo entitled Dione's shadow on Saturn by Steven Bellavia on 09/13/2025 at Smithfield, VA

Dione's shadow on Saturn

On 09/13/2025 01:00 am by Steven Bellavia | Website | Smithfield, VA

A capture of Dione's shadow on the surface of Saturn from the morning of September 13, 2025 at 01:22 AM (05:22 UTC)
Shadow transits on Saturn are somewhat rare, and can be difficult to see or capture.

Explore Scientific 152mm, f/16 Maksutov-Cassegrain
ZWO ASI 290 MC camera
SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro equatorial mount

Used AutoStakkert to select, align and stack the best 2,880 frames of 7,200, from a 3-minute SERS video, @40 fps (25 millisecond expsorues)
Wavelet sharpening and denoising in Lucien AstroSurface