An astrophotographer posted an incredible image of Saturn after traveling across the United States and installing equipment on the roof of his garage.
Arizona-based photographer Andrew McCarthy has captured stunning images of ring-shaped planets colliding.
Opposition is the point at which Saturn is directly opposite the Sun from Earth’s perspective. The planet is now also at perigee. That is, at the closest orbital point to Earth.
All of this happens to create great photos.
Ironically, McCarthy says that he actually moved from California to Arizona in search of dark skies. But he bounced back when monsoon rains threatened recent celestial events like the Perseid meteor shower, the supermoon and, of course, the appearance of Saturn.
“We found a parking lot with the top floor completely empty,” McCarthy told Fox Weather.
“I took out my telescope and all my belongings and started photographing Saturn.”
Equipped with a telescope and two cameras, McCarthy said, it used an infrared light filter to capture the shape of the planet and its rings.
The final image is actually multiple images layered together to create a composition. The bright spots in the image are some of Saturn’s moons.
“In planetary photography, the planets themselves are very small, which makes them very different from many other types of astrophotography,” he explained.
The air currents are simply folded in images of Saturn and Jupiter and other images, and the details are completely dark.
“That’s why it’s so important to get the clearest skies, and that extends into the upper atmosphere.”
The response to the fantastic image was clearly so strong that McCarthy soon sold the prints on his online store.
Source: Metro
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