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Lester
13-03-2009, 12:23 AM
I am pleased to say that the seeing was better tonight than for the last transit, although highly variable ranging from 2-7/10.

I was able to image the transit with 2x barlow and DFK.

This is the first of many avis I got and Titan's disk can just be seen like a blind pimple on the top of Saturn. The disk shows up more as the transit progressed.

Will process more avis tomorrow.
Quark
13-03-2009, 12:45 AM
You have done very well Lester,

Congratulations on capturing this rare event.
We are surrounded by electrical storms, lightning around the horizon. Saturn has been visible for most of the night but the humidity is very high and the seeing absolutely crap.
Glad the weather was better for you and looking forward to seeing more of your images of it.

Regards
Trevor
h0ughy
13-03-2009, 12:55 AM
great shot - its cloudy here and i know Mike would have loved to have got that shot
Doodles23
13-03-2009, 04:45 AM
In regard to Titan transits this is NOT the time to NOT be living in Australia. So we were only able to capture Titan on the way in as can be seen in the attached. Very good seeing in Miami which made our CGE1100 perform. Camera was a DMK21AF04 working at f/25.
iceman
13-03-2009, 04:47 AM
Excellent work Lester, beautiful image. I look forward to the rest.

Nice work too Dave! Lovely.
Dennis
13-03-2009, 07:50 AM
Top stuff Lester - the transit looks very dramatic despite the variable seeing.

Cheers

Dennis
Lester
13-03-2009, 02:31 PM
Thanks everyone for your comments. I have processed the 8 avis and can see the variation in seeing conditions, which peaks at avi 6.

The colour of the first image is different to the rest, because I thought I was gaining nothing from doing deconvolution, which does a histogram strech and makes the image look very blue.

I am happy with the images from number 5 onwards, and glad I could record this rare event.
Quark
13-03-2009, 02:50 PM
Well done Lester,
They look great and Titan itself also looks well resolved.

A nice record of the event.
Regards
Trevor
leon
13-03-2009, 04:15 PM
Lester, I am not a Planet person, so to speak, but have to admit you have done a great job, well done.

leon
Garyh
13-03-2009, 04:37 PM
Great capture Lester!
Way too cloudy here last night!
desler
13-03-2009, 04:38 PM
Great set of images Lester!

Daz
edwardsdj
13-03-2009, 10:53 PM
Amazing images Lester.
bird
14-03-2009, 03:58 PM
Well done Lester, fantastic!

cheers, Bird
lacad01
16-03-2009, 11:13 AM
Very nice! More incentive to get the gear out tonight if skies are clear :)
Lester
16-03-2009, 07:42 PM
Thanks everyone for your comments; appreciated.