I had another nice morning with Saturn and Luna today. This won't be an observation report. I did some aberrator work on a Saturn image to try and convey what I saw last week on Saturn. XT10 10" f/4.7 dob on eq platform, Televue binoviewers, 25mm Sirius plossls, 2x corrector, 2x ad 3x barlow, 240x and 360x, seeing 9 of 10, transparency good. Here's what I came up with:
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomhole/Saturn13aug03.jpg
Maybe just a tad less depth of color and a bit more definition in the rings. I know it seems ridiculous, but that is what I saw at the ep. Actually, it was much more 3-D than that through the binoviewers. The rings had a definite thickness to them. Definitely a new standard by which to judge all of my future observations of Saturn.
Clear skies,
Tom
http://home.earthlink.net/~tomhole/Saturn13aug03.jpg
Maybe just a tad less depth of color and a bit more definition in the rings. I know it seems ridiculous, but that is what I saw at the ep. Actually, it was much more 3-D than that through the binoviewers. The rings had a definite thickness to them. Definitely a new standard by which to judge all of my future observations of Saturn.
Clear skies,
Tom
