Posted on 11/26/2022 12:28:23 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Saturn is still bright in planet Earth's night skies. Telescopic views of the distant gas giant and its beautiful rings often make it a star at star parties. But this stunning view of Saturn's rings and night side just isn't possible from telescopes closer to the Sun than the outer planet. They can only bring Saturn's day into view. In fact, this image of Saturn's slender sunlit crescent with night's shadow cast across its broad and complex ring system was captured by the Cassini spacecraft. A robot spacecraft from planet Earth, Cassini called Saturn orbit home for 13 years before it was directed to dive into the atmosphere of the gas giant on September 15, 2017. This magnificent mosaic is composed of frames recorded by Cassini's wide-angle camera only two days before its grand final plunge. Saturn's night will not be seen again until another spaceship from Earth calls.
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I can think of one more...
One of the greatest thrills of my life was seeing the rings of Saturn with my own eyes through a modest backyard telescope. Even with relatively low magnification, it’s amazing.
Aaaaaaaand another fake picture!! or, at the time the pic was takin, saturn was in the exact position where no stars AT ALL are visible!! wow the photographers are amazing!!
...and spare me the explanation on why its clean of all background. a doctored pic is a fake pic period...
What would Galileo have given to see such a sight! Or Ptolemy or Copernicus? We live in remarkable times.
Unfamiliar with the concept of dynamic range, I take it. And invincible in your ignorance.
Have you ever taken even one astronomical photo in your life, aside from a snapshot of the moon or a sunset, with you iPhone?
Amazing. We have unimaginable access to the fruits of miraculous technology and all you can do is utter base ingratitude and ignorant skepticism.
Good work!
Look! No stars! Ergo, the entire Apollo program was such an obvious hoax! Hundreds of thousand people wasting tens of billions of dollars over a ten year period! But they didn't fool you. Nosiree. Ole sit-rep saw right through them!
You are the prize winner today. Did you notice that stars are also fake? The Russians only project them at night on the inside of the Great Turtle Shell. There are no stars in the daytime so they are 100% guaranteed FAKE. Look for yourself.
I apologize if I was [more than a little] abusive. May I suggest an experiment? Go outside on a clear starry night when there is full moon, with a decent camera, not a point and shoot. Bring a friend who is a photographer if necessary.
Set the Camera to f/8, ISO 100, shutter speed to 1/100 seconds and snap a picture of the moon, using a focal length of anywhere from 50 to 200 mm. (APS-C or full frame). Nice clear picture of the Moon, if you are in focus. Then pick a bright star field, with brightest stars you can see, the Big Dipper (British: the plow) is a good target, and always up somewhere at night in the northern hemisphere. Take a few frames as the same setting. The frames will be pitch black, except maybe some sensors noise, but not the star field you were looking at. Then repeat, but set the camera to f/4 or f/5.6, shutter speed to 5 seconds, and ISO to 2000, and you should see a very clear star field. If you are reasonably well focused you should be able to resolve Mizar and Alcor in the handle of the Dipper.
Good luck!
the low luminance would not be reflected light to fade out other stars and moons. how crystal clear the rings are and how crisp the edge of the cresent is either doctored or shot close by a passing probe. and in that case, there would be other things visible in the shot. a cell phone doesnt have the optics to pic up stars... are you all telling me a cell phone took this saturn pic?? that pic above with the earth and moon? I have seen several with stars abound in that shot.
Why is it stars are visible in most other pics, but miraculously not in APOD pics?? and you all think its legit!!
I say again... 95% of these pics are fake news!!
You don’t see city lights at night, because Saturnians can see in the dark.
Bravo..
Yeah, I managed to see it with my 60X spotting scope, sharp and clear.
Had a helluva time finding it though. Good thing it was so bright.
The slightest touch would send the image quivering, was a challenge to view it.
Try my experiment. You have never taken an astronomical photograph in your life, apparently.
you appearently dont listen so piss off...
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