titan shadow transit

Anybody see the Titan shadow transit on 7/1? (UT 7/2, about 4:40) It was very nice in my 16", very briefly, before the fog rolled in during late twilight. The shadow was on the northern edge of the A ring, about 45 degrees in from the eastern limb, while Titan itself was just NW of the planet, even with the pole. I used 375X.

--geo.

Hi George,

It was my first Saturn transit. I was using 270x with an 8" f10 doublet refractor, and 7.5mm Tak le ep. Seeing was fairly turbulent, with a few moments of steadiness. As I recall the small shadow was right up against the ring, it was a little tricky for me to recognize at first.



[COLOR="Blue"]

George Golitzin said:

Anybody see the Titan shadow transit on 7/1? (UT 7/2, about 4:40) It was very nice in my 16", very briefly, before the fog rolled in during late twilight. The shadow was on the northern edge of the A ring, about 45 degrees in from the eastern limb, while Titan itself was just NW of the planet, even with the pole. I used 375X.

--geo.

[/COLOR]