Planetary Roundup
September 10, 2020
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A Planetary Roundup from Thursday night (Sept 10). I shot all of these from the Heavenly Backyard Garden using the Celestron 11" EdgeHD Telescope with the Altair Hypercam 294c One-shot-color camera. (The sky was full of humidity along with passing clouds, so not the best resolution features of the planets.)

Planetary Distances from earth at the date taken:

• Mars: 42.4 million miles
• Jupiter: 426,2 million miles
• Saturn: 872,6 million miles
• Uranus: 1.779 billion miles
• Neptune: 2.687 billion miles

That 'Techy' Stuf

Telescope: Celstron 11" EdgeHD
2X Barlow yielding an apparent focal length of 5,600m (f/20)
Mount: Celestron CGX
Mount Control Software: Celestron PWI
Camera: Altair Hypercam 249C Pro TEC
Focus Controller: Celestron Focus Motor
Capture Sofware: SharpCap Pro
Stacked in AutoStakkert!
Processed in RegiStax 6.1
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
Seeing conditions: 6 (based on 0-10 where 10 is crystal clear)
Outside Temperature: 83°F with the humidy of 82%
Bortle Light-Pollution zone: 4.5 (can barely see the Milky Way)
Date: September 10, 2020
Location: My Heavenly Backyard, Savannah GA

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