Titan and Shadow Transit on Saturn tonight! - Page 2

iceman (Mike) · #21 12-03-2009, 09:15 PM

Damn, clouds are coming back

Can't see Saturn any more.

iceman (Mike) · #22 12-03-2009, 09:59 PM

Not happy ..
Clear to the South, why can't it be clear to the north?

Robert9 (Robert) · #23 12-03-2009, 10:39 PM

Amazing. Clear in Melbourne, but a little haze reducing clarity.
Robert

Starkler (Geoff) · #24 12-03-2009, 10:50 PM

Much coolness!

Can now see Titan like a pimple at the top of the planets globe.
We missed the last one here in Melbourne Mike so its our turn now

Galactic G (Greg) · #25 12-03-2009, 10:53 PM

Pimple...that's what I thought it looked like too.

Galactic G (Greg) · #26 12-03-2009, 10:56 PM

Am I right in thinking that the dark bit is the shadow, and that the lighter 'lump' on the bottom is the moon exiting the disk?

Starkler (Geoff) · #27 12-03-2009, 11:05 PM

Yes, and yes

Wait....at the bottom? huh?
Oh you must be using one of those backwards viewing sct scopes

Galactic G (Greg) · #28 12-03-2009, 11:10 PM

yes....I meant at the top of the disk....but the shadow appears at the bottom of the moon. T'was a poor choice of words.

cookie8 (Vincent) · #29 12-03-2009, 11:12 PM

Seeing poor with high clouds. Managed some avi's will process tomorrow. Can just make out the shadow but not Titan itself. Clouds roll back in at 11pm so can't really complain can I ?

Robert9 (Robert) · #30 12-03-2009, 11:18 PM

Just a bit too much haze to view clearly with such a bright moon nearby. Could perhaps image a pimple??

pgc hunter · #31 13-03-2009, 02:32 AM

well I got out of work just after midnight and it was 100% clear, but the Maccas burger and my cask of cosmopolitan were calling

pgc hunter · #32 13-03-2009, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

I can see Saturn now, but it's very low and the seeing is too bad at this altitude to see Titan or the shadow.

And man the mozzies are bad!

ahhh those dreaded mozzies, surprisingly , we had hardly any mozzie activity this summer, but the last summer was a nightmare. Maybe those 46 degree days in late jan/early Feb killed them off

All mozzies deserve to die

Davekyn (David) · #33 13-03-2009, 06:11 PM

Oh well...I'll still be young enough in another15 years

Paul Haese · #34 13-03-2009, 06:57 PM

There should be some other opportunities next year for a few Titan transits for us southerners.

pgc hunter · #35 13-03-2009, 07:04 PM

good news is there'll still be a number of shadow transits this year.