bratislav
20-03-2014, 09:09 PM
It must be something in the water :lol:
Best seeing this opposition so far; in fact seeing got even better later but Mars was getting behind the tree for me, so for steadiest seeing I imaged Saturn :shrug:
At least I managed to bag the Encke visually. At 680x it was getting rather dim in C11, but at fleeting moments the seeing was exceptional and I just managed to see the impossibly thin line at both ansae of the ring.
This is now the smallest aperture I've seen it with. Considering how compromised C11 really is, I now tend to believe that top flight 10" Newtonian with small secondary or an 8" APO is about the smallest aperture to show the Encke gap.
Best seeing this opposition so far; in fact seeing got even better later but Mars was getting behind the tree for me, so for steadiest seeing I imaged Saturn :shrug:
At least I managed to bag the Encke visually. At 680x it was getting rather dim in C11, but at fleeting moments the seeing was exceptional and I just managed to see the impossibly thin line at both ansae of the ring.
This is now the smallest aperture I've seen it with. Considering how compromised C11 really is, I now tend to believe that top flight 10" Newtonian with small secondary or an 8" APO is about the smallest aperture to show the Encke gap.