[dragnet2]

Our solar system is very cool, and very mysterious in aspects.

I shot this image of Saturn not too long ago, before the planets rings lined up with earth.

Even though some atmospheric detail, and ring system separation can be seen, this image is not focused well or really clear, due to not really being set up for planetary work.

My setup is more for objects located far beyond our solar system.

But I must admit, it's a thrill every time I look at planets like Saturn, Jupiter and even objects like the lunar surface, where we can hop from mountain range to mountain range.

Canon 40D-10" Catadioptric SCT, at ISO-800, 1/8 second exposure

[SunkenCiv]

Nice! I went up to the local observatory about twenty-some years ago, and got to view Saturn through a Celestron C-11 (or maybe it was a C-13, I don’t recall and don’t want to try to look it up). It was obviously ringed, but it was pretty small to the eye. :’)