[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Here is an image of Saturn from a couple of hours ago. We've been
getting very thick fogs rolling in around midnight so Jupiter is out of
reach at the moment but at least I can get some images of Saturn just
after sunset. I've attempted to balance the colours a little better to
match approximately how Saturn looks in the eyepiece view.

This image is the first taken with my new scope, the primary is my spare
(a 14.5" Royce conical that's been sitting here in a box for the last 2
years) as an interim mirror until my 16" mirror is finished. The Royce
mirror gives me about 20% more light than the 13.1" conical, but the
real payoff will be the 16" at 50% more light and greater resolving
power too of course :-)

The 16" mirror is still several weeks away at least, so for the next
little while I'll be using this Royce 14.5.

regards, Bird