Saturn and Porrima

Close conjunction of Saturn with star Gamma Virginis, aka Porrima, in Virgo. The two objects were 16 arc minutes apart. Moon are L to R: Dione, Tethys, Rhea above and Titan brightest object below. This is a stack of five 5 second exposures at ISO 1600 with the Canon 7D camera and the Astro-Physics 130mm refractor at f/12 with the 2x Barlow.

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