huygens 350 anniversary

[astroron (Ron)]

Hi all I did my reenactment tonight of Christiaan Huygens discovery of Saturns moon Titon on this day in 1656. Using my 19 year old Jason 60 mm refractor and an 18mm eyepiece giving a magnification of 50 was able to see Titon quite easely in between the clouds,how many other observers did the same? Regards Ron

[astroron (Ron)]

Re 350 anniversary ,my scope has a focal lenght of 900mm =f/15, his was 700 mm=f/12.5 hence the difference in eyepieces his was a 12mm. Regards Ron

[Ian Bennie]

Hi astroron,

I've just joined the Forum and noted your entry. I also observed Titan on that night for the 350 anniversary, it was fun. I had emails from observers in the UK & USA who did also.

I used a 60mm with a 56X Huygens eyepiece.

cheers Ian

[Robert_T]

Originally Posted by astroron

Hi all I did my reenactment tonight of Christiaan Huygens discovery of Saturns moon Titon on this day in 1656. Using my 19 year old Jason 60 mm refractor and an 18mm eyepiece giving a magnification of 50 was able to see Titon quite easely in between the clouds,how many other observers did the same? Regards Ron

Damn missed by one night - sorry Ron I was slack on this one, but glad to see some people out there honoring the giants on whose shoulders we today stand

merry Christmas mate - hope to get up your way sometime in the new year (if I ever finish sanding, painting etc etc).

cheers,