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Old 06-12-2005, 12:37 AM
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Saturn - Morning of the 4th

Here is my first shot of Saturn this season. I only got home from the Brisbane airport at 1:00am (had to pick up my sisters overseas friend) so I decided to stay up for the occasion.

As always, taken with my trusty 10" dob (no tracking ). I didn't record this but I think it was around 700X mag? Would anyone be able to confirm this as a size estimate. I had to scale the final shot down to 80% of the original size cause it was a bit specky.

(Note- I don't know bugger all about collimation (see, I can't even spell it ). I havn't fixed the mirrors up at all since I got the scope back in April. As its currently the Christmas holidays for me, would it be time for me to try alligning it all up?).
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Old 06-12-2005, 12:43 AM
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Geez Chrissyo, that is pretty good!!!! Well done!

p.s. You spelt collimation correctly.
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Old 06-12-2005, 01:02 AM
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not sure on mag, toucam???? with a barlow???

it is a great shot!
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Old 06-12-2005, 01:16 AM
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Nah, no toucam. I used my video camera and home made camera bracket. I had my 32mm eyepiece with 2X barlow, and 9 or 10 times optical zoom on the camera (I think 9X). My focal length is 1250mm.
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Old 06-12-2005, 01:58 AM
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Nice shot Chrissyo! You've got that video camera working wonders.

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As always, taken with my trusty 10" dob (no tracking ).
Have you asked Father Christmas to bring you an EQ6?
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Old 06-12-2005, 06:08 AM
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Very nice Saturn Chrissyo! Well done!

You do some great work with that video camera, you should be proud!

Dob imagers unite!
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Old 06-12-2005, 06:53 AM
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Excellent image Chrissyo - you dobbers never cease to amaze me with your results!

Cheers

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Old 06-12-2005, 08:49 AM
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lovely, and the cassini division to boot!
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Old 07-12-2005, 02:37 AM
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Nice shooting Chris!
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Old 07-12-2005, 07:07 AM
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excellent image - and with a video camera and no tracking, you should be doubly proud... well done
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