I ended up spending about an hour off & on observing it. I would say it was the second-best night I've had this Saturn season (the best was in the early hours of the morning at the start of 08). The eyepieces I used were:
- Pentax XF 8.5
- Pentax XW 7
- Nagler 5mm T6
- Pentax XF 8.5 + TeleVue 2x barlow.
The air was easily stable enough to support the barlowed XF (375x), but the most pleasing view was with the XW 7. It's not a traditional planetary eyepiece, but I get great planetary views out of it regardless.
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