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Old 21-04-2011, 03:25 PM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese View Post
I think you are seeing the veins on your retina just like Lowell did or floaters or some other aberration.

I think Ron is right.
I agree 100% with Paul and Ron.

Whilst I haven't done much observing in recent months I have spent many years observing Saturn in 10" to 25" scopes. I have observed Saturn at magnifications of 1000X to 1100X on a couple of nights of superb seeing and at 600X plus, on quite a few nights. I have seen Encke Division on a couple of occasions and Encke Minima repeatedly, but I have never seen any features like you are describing.

Cheers,
John B
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