A1 Saturn

[PSALM19.1 (Shaun)]

Wow! What great seeing last night...Saturn at a good angle-tilt was the best I think I've ever seen it! I took it up to 1.21 Giggawatts (ah...800X) with a 6mm EP and I could still actually see it (ok, it wasn't crisp like at 200X or even 400, but still....) Also, I swear I could see things on the Moon that I have not been able to before...conditions must have been near primo...now we have a week of cloud so timing was good too...

[raymo]

I'm glad you had a great night, but what kind of scope were you using to
get 800x with a 6mm EP? That would need a scope with a focal length
of 4800mm, so I assume that you used a Barlow as well.
raymo

[PSALM19.1 (Shaun)]

Hi Raymo...yes...couple of barlows with my 8" Đob! Not quite in the rule book!

[madwayne (Wayne)]

Amazing how just up the hill we've got wall to wall cloud, but that's Robertson for you.

Wayne

[raymo]

There are no rules. I abuse my single frame images something terrible
in order to get them worth looking at.
raymo

[Somnium (Aidan)]

Originally Posted by PSALM19.1

Wow! What great seeing last night...Saturn at a good angle-tilt was the best I think I've ever seen it! I took it up to 1.21 Giggawatts (ah...800X) with a 6mm EP and I could still actually see it (ok, it wasn't crisp like at 200X or even 400, but still....) Also, I swear I could see things on the Moon that I have not been able to before...conditions must have been near primo...now we have a week of cloud so timing was good too...

sounds good Doc