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Latest saturn

2026 * 2025 * 2024 * 2023 * 2022 * 2021 * 2020 * 2019 * 2018 *

Located near the Hamlet of Yarker, Township of Stone Mills, County of Lennox and Addington, Province of Ontario, Canada
For saturn GRS transit times: https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/interactive-sky-watching-tools/transit-times-of-saturns-great-red-spot/

Date Page Last Generated / Number of sessions / Number of Images: Sun 12 Jul 2026 06:41:48 AM EDT 6 6
YEAR: 2026 2026-07-12-0857_8-kvnkll-wl-saturn_zwo_asi585mc_100ms_see2-trans2.jpg 2026-07-07-0809_0-k-l-sat_zwo_asi585mc-uvir-14ms_lapl6_ap78_drizzle15p15reg1bal.png-annotated.gimp.jpg 2026-06-29-0849_7-kvn-kll-saturn_zwo_asi585mc_exposure=20ms-see5trans2-p5reg1bal.png-annotated.gimp.jpg 2026-06-24-0824_4-k-l-sat_zwo_asi585mc_exposure=14ms_lapl6_ap87_drizzle15p10reg1gimp.png-annotated.png.jpg 2026-06-08-0857_8-k-l-sat_zwo_asi585mc_exposure=19ms_lapl6_ap90_drizzle15p10reg1bal.png-annotated.gimp.jpg 2026-06-03-0901_8-k-l-sat_zwo_asi585mc_exposure=15ms_lapl6_ap72_drizzle15p5reg1bal.png-annotated.gimp.jpg

2026 * 2025 * 2024 * 2023 * 2022 * 2021 * 2020 * 2019 * 2018 *

Telescopes used (left-right oldest-newest)

20cm Meade LX200 FL=2000mm alt az tracking
102mm Meade SC FL=1000mm - Meade LXD55 tracking
20cm Vixen VC200L FL=1800mm Skywatcher AZ-EQ6GT tracking
23.50cm Celestron C9.25 SC FL=2350mm Skywatcher AZ-EQ6GT tracking

Cameras used (newest-oldest):

  • The ZWO ASI585MC (2023 May) Sensor: 1/1.2" CMOS IMX585 Resolution 3840x2160 {Pixel size 2.9um USB3.0 QE 91% Full Well 40Ke Read Noise 0.8e
  • The ZWO ASI290MC camera (2018 December) Sensor: 1/2.8" CMOS IMX291 12bit output (12bit ADC) Resolution: 2.1 Mega Pixels 1936x1096 Pixel Size: 2.9 um Exposure Range: 32us-2000s