The enthusiasm for astronomy sees no limitations to enjoy the visual spectacles offered by our night sky. Sometimes it is just enough to tilt our heads and turn our gaze towards a clear sky to enjoy planets like Venus or Saturn what like a bright spot are able to keep our Moon company.
However, there are scientists who manage with their tools to leave a much more impressive visual record than what we are used to seeing.
It is in this context that we present a video that we initially qualify as a marvel. Saturnwith the surprising rings that surround it, It was recorded on a video made with a cell phone camera.
Obviously, the smartphone was adapted to a telescope so that it could achieve the visual material, but it is not easy to do this type of work. Therefore, we asked its author how he managed to record these wonderful images of Saturn.
Saturn and its rings in the camera of a cell phone
The person in charge of this work of art is Sebastián Campos, director of the Galileo Observatory, located in the Pisco Elqui region, in Chile.
Sebastián tells us that he adapted a Huawei Nova 9 to a large 400mm telescope, which they have at the Galileo Observatory.
“At 9:35 p.m. I made the adaptation and pointed to Saturn, which shone with its rings and brightness because a few days ago it was at its closest point to Earth (about 1,320,000,000 kilometers). We managed to see the planetary disk and the ring surrounding the second largest planet in the solar system, ”he told Fayerwayer the director of Galileo Observatory.
In his explanation, Sebastián tells us that he did not make any special configuration to the cell phone. “I put it on normal video. I have an adapter that accepts any smartphone to link (with the telescope)”, he pointed out.
Sebastián Campos has a whole life dedicated to astronomy. He started from the tourism and outreach side of the Chilean region where he lives.
Despite having studied accounting, his weakness is the stars, which he constantly captures under the lens of his camera. For four years he has been director of the Galileo Observatory.
Enjoy the video he made of Saturno and also, you can also take a look on his Instagram account @seba_astrophotographywhere there is very good content for those of us who are astronomy enthusiasts and want to understand more about the subject.