Saturn near opposition

cookie8 (Vincent) · #1 08-03-2009, 05:46 PM

Grab every chance to image Saturn with ever changing weather these days.
Opposition is tonight but its overcast in Sydney. Seeing wasn't too bad taken with Phillips900nc through 12"LB on round table eq platform.
Is the white patch at 10 o'clock a storm?

Quark (Trevor) · #2 08-03-2009, 06:10 PM

Well done Vincent,
It certainly looks like a cloud structure or storm. When you image Saturn it pays to very accurately record the time of each capture, that way you can calculate the central meridian and from that the position of any detail within your image.

Regards
Trevor

iceman (Mike) · #3 08-03-2009, 08:29 PM

Nicely done Vincent, shame it's raining here tonight at opposition

Looks to be raining for the next week too.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #4 08-03-2009, 11:49 PM

Wish I had the equipment to go for Saturn too. But I'm happy to just enjoy the work of others as well.

Jen · #5 09-03-2009, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Wish I had the equipment to go for Saturn too. But I'm happy to just enjoy the work of others as well.

im with you on that one JJJ I would love to get a saturn image one day
nice pic cookie