Saturn 2009

Posted by HrAstro

Other avalible sizes of this photograph:
500 x 333 px

Equipment and other photo info:
Picture taken on April 4th, 2009. Location: Zagreb, Europe Celestron C10-N f/4.7 + afocal SPL9mm, QHY5 guide camera, EQ6 SynScan
Processing software: Registax 4, Photoshop CS4

Object info:
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn, along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the Jovian, meaning "Jupiter-like", planets.

More information about this object at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn

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