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Well I had a long look at Saturn last night, this morning with the 10' dob. The high alt overcast thinned out a lot and the seeing was better than I expected. Still no better than 5 /10 really and even though I pushed the mag. to 450X, there was no hope of seeing the Encke Div. and I very much doubt that unless the seeing is , at a minimum, 9 /10 there would be no chance with this size scope.
Being a push to dob and having to constantly nudge the scope certainly detracts from just concentrating on the view. I think it will take a lot more aperture and near perfect conditions to have any hope at all. I did read Les' attempts with his large newts and I don't think my scopes are even in the race, unfortunately.
Can I borrow some time with the 1 metre Cl. Cass at Pic Du Midi please.
I have noted that a lot of the images submitted to the ALPO taken with 14" SCTs' and 12" to 16" newts and DK and Mewlons, in good conditions do show the Encke.
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