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04-08-2014, 07:19 PM
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cheers Nirko. Time to go outside and begin imaging then
04-08-2014, 07:20 PM
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got saturn, I wonder how big that moon thingy will be?
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04-08-2014, 07:21 PM
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Just watched Saturn disappear behind the moon in my 18" f4.2 17mm Ethos and Paracorr. Quite a sight I nearly missed it as I forgot until I glanced up at Saturn. Thank goodness for ServoCat and ArgoNavis.
Beautiful clear night here in Perth
04-08-2014, 07:22 PM
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Well. Its overcast with thick low clouds here in Sydney at the moment. There are some sucker holes but the stars that appear - even at zenith are twinkling like crazy. Seeing is going to be rubbish me thinks. Hope someone can get some decent pictures.
04-08-2014, 07:30 PM
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Saturn's going to be a speck in my photos, but I should have most/all the moon in them. Already together in my scope fov, so look's good.
04-08-2014, 07:43 PM
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Perfect night in Adelaide for it!
04-08-2014, 07:45 PM
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Hooray ... clouds have thinned and I can now see Saturn :-) Dob is setup & I'm waiting for the show to commence
Edit @ 2054 - all the clouds miraculously disappeared with nary a moment to spare!!! Terrific :-)
04-08-2014, 07:46 PM
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Well, started imaging too.
Naked eye view, slightly cropped. 50mm on DSLR.
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04-08-2014, 08:06 PM
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Hooray ... clouds have thinned and I can now see Saturn :-) Dob is setup & I'm waiting for the show to commence
Edit @ 2054 - all the clouds miraculously disappeared with nary a moment to spare!!! Terrific :-)
Great you have sent them down here because they just rolled in.
04-08-2014, 08:10 PM
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Almost here , from Melbourne west. rgds Alan
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04-08-2014, 08:11 PM
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Bugger Glen - my bad
04-08-2014, 08:21 PM
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Wow, that was great. One gobbled up Saturn - excellent sight!
04-08-2014, 08:27 PM
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Ingress of Titan observed at 21:16
Ingress of Saturn observed at 21.22
04-08-2014, 08:27 PM
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'Twas very cool indeed ... Pic compliments of good old iPhone-ography :-))
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04-08-2014, 08:29 PM
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All done now. It was great. Waiting for the other side. Gear behaved. Plenty of pics and a time lapse. Happy camper.
04-08-2014, 08:30 PM
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Wow, how good was that! So much better actually watching it than trying to photograph it!
The dark half of the First Quarter Moon was brighter than the background sky so you could see it approaching Saturn. Saturn's moon Titan led the way, winking out on the limb a couple of minutes before Saturn was slowly cut off by the advancing disk.
Cheers -
04-08-2014, 08:37 PM
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Wow! Very nice ..slight cloud here on mid north coast
Hoping reappearance will be spectacular but a little bright...have semi-apo filters in this slightly darkens that moon..
04-08-2014, 08:38 PM
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a small animgif of the first part....oops to big for here(4mb)..
I'll find another place for it and link to it... regards, alan
04-08-2014, 08:40 PM
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Excellent! used my new Vixen LVW 13mm which arrived today in the post. kkara4 - how did the imaging go from 1km up the road?
04-08-2014, 08:42 PM
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I just missed recording the start of the disappearance, but I've got most of it. Have to work out how to make it a reasonable size.
I saw, but didn't get the actual recording of Titan disappearing too (got it close and after, but not the actual bit
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