Astroblog: Yeah, That's Saturn

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Yeah, That's Saturn

All I can say is that that it is better than my previous attempts.

Too much turbulence still. This time I was in 640x480 mode. Makes a bit of difference. Might try the Barlow next time, if the sky is a little stiller.

Labels: Saturn

# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 11:38 pm

Comments:

Have you seen the Christopher Go (he's from the Philippines) shots of Saturn with a C11? Amazing.

A friend of mine at my astronomy club was imaging Saturn a little while ago from his backyard in light polluted Toronto - here's a black and white image taken with a 6 inch refractor;
http://tinyurl.com/aul885

Saturn's a popular target, and for good reason.

Myself? I look at it visually and make my little chicken scratches.
Katrina

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