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Originally Posted by astro744
I was trying to figure what time of night you were out.
The Moon was rising E at about 11 pm and then Saturn was WNW at 60 deg. altitude. At 1:30 am the Moon was NE at 30 deg. altitude and Saturn was W at 30 deg. altitude. The 30 deg. mark is getting on the low side and you will see the effects of the atmosphere more readily. See if you can catch Saturn from 8 pm tonight since it will be 60 deg. and rising. to nearly 70 deg. at 9:15 pm due north.
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That's brilliant information. I was out just before the soccer started, around 1am. Problem is the clouds then came over so it pretty hopeless. I'll be out from 8pm tonight. I was going to buy the GSO ED 2" barlow today from Bintel so I'll try the barlowed laser in my attempts to collimate accurately. Thanks very much.