Saturn by jared99

Photography • Space • posted on May 01, 2006

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Image was taken back in January. It's a stack of about 20 shots. Someone commenting on a previous image relayed how the planets viewed at the eyepiece look artificial. I had a friend over the other night to ogle some heavenly bodies, and he said the same thing when looking at Saturn -- it just doesn't look real. I agree with them. Weird effect. My friend brought his little girl with him, and she was __so__ underwhelmed by anything in the eyepiece. Alas, with kids growing up in today's multimedia assault on the senses, I wonder if they'll ever come to appreciate The Wonder of it All. With ready access to images from large observatories and space-based telescopes, I guess the view through a backyard telescope is singularly unimpressive. Oh well. For me, there are few things more enjoyable than getting out under the stars.

Comments (19)

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jocko500

10:47PM | Mon, 01 May 2006

wow this is super . hope you discover a comet of a big rock flying around up there

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fotogSTAN

12:09AM | Tue, 02 May 2006

I think it's still exciting to see that incredible planet through your own telescope. But I know what you mean. I was showing my kids the craters of the moon on a friend scope--they were interested for about 5 minutes. My friend and i looked at it for as hour. Great shot!

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Margana

1:05AM | Tue, 02 May 2006

LOL It might have been me that said that,but for sure,I'm not the only one who's felt that way.I had said that when I saw Saturn for the first time,I thought it looked like a little glow-in-th-dark sticker and it didn't look real.I couldn't wrap my head around it for some reason,lol.I think it's wonderful you took this shot and are sharing it with us.Hope you'll share more!

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PeeWee05

3:51AM | Tue, 02 May 2006

real or now, it's still so cool!

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chips7

8:54AM | Tue, 02 May 2006

I only wish I could see more than the moon and a few stars here in the center of a big city with the naked eye. Tell your friend to show his daughter a few episodes of Star Trek, or ET. Kids these days! If it ain't Spielberg, it ain't nuthin'! Excellent capture!

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AstronomyMan

11:37AM | Tue, 02 May 2006

I get the same comments at the Star Parties I run. If I put my Webcam on the teslescope and show the same thing on my LapTop, I get hundreds of interested people. So I milk it, my computer controls were the telescope points, I use a GamePad to send commands, and the computer speaks to me with a sexy female voice. Only then does Saturn hold any charm for the Public.

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claudialee

12:35PM | Tue, 02 May 2006

Fantastic picture. People today are so bombarded by 'life', that they know nothing of being alive. What a tremendous Universe we have and if it isn't on TV or a video game they lose interest. My compliments and Thanks. HUGS!!!!

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meselfr

6:06PM | Tue, 02 May 2006

wow... fantastic pic John... excellent work..

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jcv2

12:51PM | Wed, 03 May 2006

Oh wow, very impressive capture of this big gas-planet, so far away and though so many details! Excellent work, very beautiful to see this!

MikieTimT

10:14AM | Thu, 04 May 2006

It sure looks better than anything I've seen in any telescope I've ever had. There's something to be said for the connection of looking directly at a heavenly body through a telescope through all of the thousands and millions of miles of distance. It puts our existance and place in the universe into perspective in a way that you can't get by looking at a website.

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pariah2

4:57PM | Mon, 08 May 2006

Good god that's amazing. :-)

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maggiemai

9:47PM | Thu, 18 May 2006

Incredible photograph...so very cool to see! Excellent and thank you for showing us all!! :-) V

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iaacf

7:52AM | Sat, 27 May 2006

I have a friend doing the same thing.. taking pictures of the planets, stars, moons.. I am always surprised about the effects. Beautiful, not artificial.

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morin3000

12:11PM | Sun, 04 June 2006

Fantastic Saturn image ===== I am an amateur of astronomy ===== ((V)) New photo

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jerishoots

6:46AM | Sat, 01 July 2006

amazing!

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amberlite

10:59PM | Sat, 24 March 2007

impressive and fascinating!

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Buffalo1

4:54PM | Sat, 14 April 2007

I'll bet we look the same to space aliens. Great sky capture!

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NefariousDrO

7:32PM | Sun, 03 June 2007

You must have a very nice telescope! I remember looking through my grandfather's when I was young, and his didn't capture anywhere near this much detail.

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