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06-03-2009, 11:52 AM
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Saturn is definitely my favorite planet, Jupiter looks great but Saturn, for me just has so much charisma. When I am not imaging it I sometimes rotate my tube to bring the eyepiece lower and sit in a chair and just admire Saturn for the odd hour or so.
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Trevor
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06-03-2009, 12:03 PM
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Supernova Searcher
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Cambroon Queensland Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Quark
Saturn is definitely my favorite planet, Jupiter looks great but Saturn, for me just has so much charisma. When I am not imaging it I sometimes rotate my tube to bring the eyepiece lower and sit in a chair and just admire Saturn for the odd hour or so.
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Trevor
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Who could have thought anything else from you Trevor 
Your research and images are a beacon for all of us 
I hope you will be so for a long time to come 
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11-03-2009, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Renmark, SA
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Jupiter. Impressive detail and never get the same view twice.
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11-03-2009, 08:38 PM
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pro lumen
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Location: ballina
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well I would of voted for planet x  .. but just like in real life its not there
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19-03-2009, 12:57 PM
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Occultation Observer
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matty P
Choose Your Favourite Planet. |
G'day Matty,
My favourite planet is Pluto.
I observed it occult a mag. 15 star in 2006 when is was classified as a planet. see...
http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/plan...0612_Pluto.htm
and again in 2008 when it occulted a mag. 12 star. You can watch the video on Youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WruS6own5qc
The slow disappearance and reappearance events are due to Pluto's atmosphere. Just how you can have an atmosphere at 40 kelvin and micro-bar pressure is beyond my understanding.
BTW, I don't care if it is classified as a planet or not. The fact that is 'there' is enough for me.
Rock-on New Horizons
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19-03-2009, 05:14 PM
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Currently Scopeless
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Moura Qld
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Voted for Saturn. It was the first planet I see through a telescope and still leaves an impression on me after a year or so.
Adrian
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19-03-2009, 08:39 PM
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Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
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I never cease to be fascinated by either Jupiter or Saturn but my pick is Uranus.
Coming back to astronomy after 30 years, I will never forget seeing that eerie bluish disk for the first time in my 12 inch DOB. The awe of making out the disk of a planet some 3 billion kilometres away. Neptune's disk is not so easy to discern.
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09-07-2009, 06:25 PM
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Astro-Addict
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I think saturns good because you can enjoy it through any size telescope.
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20-07-2009, 09:58 AM
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Chronic aperture fever
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sydney
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I have to go with Uranus. Every picture I see is breathtaking. I hope to see the bluish-green disc for myself soon.
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22-07-2009, 08:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I love the whole solar system, it feels like family. Saturn is gorgeous, but
Jupiter (voted for) was the first planet I saw through someone else's scope as a teenager , so it has a special place in my heart.
Haven't seen the whole gang yet, but looking forward to finding them one by one, but might need a bigger telescope first.
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24-07-2009, 12:37 PM
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Cyberdemon
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I guess I have to say Jupiter now :-)
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24-07-2009, 12:43 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Like you would've said anything else 
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24-07-2009, 02:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Wilton, NSW
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Jupiter for me, any planet that's willing and/or able to take a hit for us is definitely a favourite of mine!!
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24-07-2009, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Jupiter for me. First object I ever observed through a Big W telescope, a 60mm Tasco. The next thing you know, you've bought a decent scope and said to yourself "I wonder if I can see Uranus" Yes I can!
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24-07-2009, 03:23 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Renmark, SA
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The Earth. That's the only planet visible from Melbourne for 99.99% of all nights in the year.
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24-07-2009, 04:16 PM
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Starcatcher
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I'll stick with Saturn - Jupiter's got a black splat on it - damaged goods
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24-07-2009, 05:23 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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09-11-2009, 02:03 PM
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Enhanced Astronomer
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
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… and my sole vote for Mercury still stands after more than three-thousand posts here!!
Obviously, I'm in with the "in-crowd"… 
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09-11-2009, 02:25 PM
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Buddhist Astronomer
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Phillip Island,VIC, Australia
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I picked Mars because it is the only planet that I think we will be able to go and live on not counting the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
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