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Saturn Mars Moon M27 at f/14

Saturn Mars Moon M27 at f/14

I went out last night for the express purpose of catching Saturn at opposition, or close enough, and to catch the maximum ring tilt showing the northern hemisphere, both for this year and in the planet's 29 year journey around the Sun.

Well, I kinda got carried away. Now, instead of using a 2x Barlow, I decided on the Kenko 1.4x tele-extender.

After Saturn, there sat M27, then the Moon was nicely placed, then Mars, of course. (Will be an interesting comparison to the end of this month when that planet is at opposition.)

All images with the Celestron 8SE on an Orion HDX110 mount and Nikon D7500, with the 1.4x TC.
FL=2800, f/14, image scale=0.29as/p.

Keywords:
AS/P=0.29;Configuration-20180630;f/15;Multiplier=Kenko-1.4x TC;Reducer=none;
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