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Old 06-05-2014, 06:56 PM
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Camelopardalis (Dunk)
Drifting from the pole

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Saturn from Sydney, May 5th

After Mars, I decided to have a quick look at Saturn... visually was a bit between the two, some good moments of seeing with banding clearly visible and the Cassini division prominent along with some ring contrast and fleeting hits of further ring detail.

From the imager... seeing was definitely deteriorating compared to my Mars captures

C8 Edge HD on SE mount
QHY5L-ii, 640x480 ~30fps
Small image (bottom) at f/10
Larger image (top) at ~f/22.5 with Baader Hyperion 2.25x Barlow

Just stacked through AS!2 and both processed with only a little colour enhancement and a tiny bit of sharpening. It may be my imagination but is there a hint of the hexagon at the pole?
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