Saturn with 127/1500 Mak

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Hi,

this morning I took a view to Saturn. I can`t remember, when I did it the last time.
What happend with the rings??

I used the Philips webcam and the 127/1500 Mak with 2x barlow.

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/Saturn9Dez08.jpg

cheers

werner

[iceman (Mike)]

Hey Werner, nice and sharp Saturday and good colour.

It sure looks different this year!

[sheeny (Al)]

Wow! It's changing fast.

Thanks for posting.

Al.

[Dennis]

A lovely image Werner, it reminds me of what Saturn might look like to an intrepid space traveller, as they began their close approach during an imaginary inter-planetary mission to this ringed gas giant.

Cheers

Dennis

[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi Werner,
That is a very nice image, sharp and lots of detail very good work indeed.

Regards
Trevor

[Jen]

nice pic

[Matty P (Matt)]

Great Saturn Werner. Lots of detail and very sharp.

Well done.

[bmitchell82 (Brendan)]

not wrong, saturn is just about to reach the viewing status of venus soon. but i must admit you did a good job on the photo

Brendan

[rick01 (Roman)]

Amazing photo with that small aperture

Roman

[Lester]

Very nice sharp image Werner.

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Hi,

thank you for your answers! The seeing was rearly good, that was very important for the quality of the pic.

regards

werner

[bloodhound31]

How long before the rings start to tilt away again? Without the rings, it loses a lot of it's wow factor.

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

According to Astronomy 2009 yearbook, the tilt of saturn's ring will slowly increase from -0.8(Dec 08) to -4.0(May 09) Then it will close up again and become ringless early Sept 09.
Saturn looks naked without it's ring

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

It will be a funny time. Every photographer and observer will be searching for one little detail of the ring.