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Image: Iapetus-2010Mar04

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Description: 2 minute exposure of Saturn and its moons with a 12.5" telescope. Saturn is apparent magnitude 0.8 in this image taken at 2010-03-04 11:45 UT. Saturn is overexposed to bring out fainter objects. During this photo the moon was 81% full and only 34 degrees away. Objects visible in this photo:

Two bright background stars to the upper left of Saturn Iapetus: 2 o'clock position (directly above NGC 4179 at 4 o'clock) Titan: bright-outer moon (magnitude 8) at 3 o'clock Dione: 3 o'clock inner moon NGC 4179: 4 o'clock Hyperion: faint-outer moon (magnitude 14) at 9 o'clock Rhea: inner moon at 9 o'clock See also:

JPL Solar System Simulator for Saturn at 2010-03-04 11:45 UT. Magnitudes of Classic Satellites of the Solar System (Observatorio ARVAL)
Author: Kevin Heider @ LightBuckets
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