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Good to read that some of you are enjoying the sight of Saturn at this opposition, not many finer sights in astronomy than the planet at a reasonable magnification in an 100mm + telescope.
Not having much luck in this neck of the woods, cloudy more often than not and when it is clear, the seeing is garbage due to the winter jet stream. Had a few hours of clear sky 2 nights ago and the view at 63X in the 127mm triplet was crisp, moving up to 190X the view was still acceptable but the jet stream influence was noticeable , making the image waver in the breeze though the Cassini Division was still discernible.
Had a go at taking some video and processing / stacking but the results were hardly worth the effort.
All in all, this planet season has been the worst seeing conditions, cloud etc, that I can recall in the past 20 + years, most disheartening but will keep looking when possible , always an optimist.
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