11.14.04 Saturn

Hi,

Had best observing conditions so far for Saturn this morning.

Nothing unusual except B ring details.

Best, Sol Robbins

Attached Image:

Great sketch Sol, does your 6" refractor give razor sharp images at 400x?,usually mine minus chromacorr gets mushy after about 250x on Saturn.Have you seen any white spots ? some others have observed them this opposition session.

Hi Sol -

Another excellent drawing of your observation. I was also out this morning from 4:00 until sunrise enjoying good seeing from Western NY (a rarity!) Your sketch is very accurate to what I observed visually through my 10" mak/cass. Your 6" refractor must be a fine instrument. I only wish my attempts to capture this detail via the webcam had been more succesful! 8^)

clear and steady skies-
Alan

Sol,

Another excellent observation of Saturn showing delicate detail. My view of Saturn was similar except that I noted the northern border of the SEB to be irregular. The STB and SPR were also prominent as in your observation. Please keep up the good work.

Carlos