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Community photo entitled Mars and Saturn by Steven Bellavia on 08/26/2026 at Smithfield, VA

Mars and Saturn

On 08/26/2026 05:00 am by Steven Bellavia | Website | Smithfield, VA

Mars and Saturn, at identical image scales.
Mars is currently only 5.1 arc-seconds in apparent size, as it is 175 million miles from Earth. it will continue to grow in size, but not by as much as it will be in 2029, and then again in September 2035, when it will be exceptionally large and bright
Saturn is shown with moons Enceladus (left) and Mimas (right)

Explore Scientific 152mm Maksutov-Cassegrain
ZWO ASI 662MC camera
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro equatorial mount

Used Autostakkert to select the best 20% of 24,000 frames
Lucien AstroSurface and WaveSharp 3 for wavelet deconvolution and de-noising
Canon Digital Photo Professional for hue, saturation and tonal contrast