This image of Saturn was taken at Fitz-Randolph Observatory on 2003 February 8, using our SBIG ST-7E CCD camera. An infrared bandpass filter was also used to reduce the amount of light received by our camera enough to prevent the image of Saturn from becoming saturated.
Four of Saturn's moons are also visible in this version of the image:
This image of Saturn was taken at Fitz-Randolph Observatory on 2004 February 11, using our SBIG ST-7E CCD camera. A two-inch aperture mask was used to reduce the amount of light received by our camera enough to prevent the image of Saturn from becoming saturated.