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Finally the clouds cleared up late last night - must have been around 2am and I saw Saturn for the first time in my scope. It was quite amazing!!
I'm assuming the seeing must have been rather decent because I managed 240x zoom using a 10mm eye-piece and 2x Barlow on my 8" Dob. I've never been able to use the Barlow with good results previously (at least on Jupiter). Saturn looked crystal clear to me, like a photograph. In fact it was difficult to comprehend that I was really looking at the planet and not at a still image of it. It sure drifts out of the view quickly though at that zoom without tracking.. only takes about 5 seconds.
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