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Saturn 10/23/03

Started by Wes Higgins, 10/23/2003 07:54PM
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Hi,

I took this Saturn image at 10:35 UT from
Tecumseh Oklahoma the seeing was very steady
with good transparency ,the Encke minima is there
and maybe a little of the Encke division too.
14.5" Starmaster @F/27 , Toucam Pro Webcam , 801 images
from one Avi of 1600 stacked in K3CCDTOOLS , Imagesplus,
Photoshop 7 .

I have some images of Jupiter from the same morning that I do not have processed yet , Jupiter was only 30 degrees in altitude so I don't expect much but I will post them later .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

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Posted 10/23/2003 08:03PM #1
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Congratulations!

That's a beautiful saturn, the best I've seen this season!

Clear skies,
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Posted 10/23/2003 08:15PM #2
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MY GOODNESS!!!! THIS IS THE BEST I'VE SEEN, PERIOD!

My hat's off to you Wes, that's the sweetest "Earthly" Saturn Pic I've seen!


Thanks for sharing it!




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Posted 10/23/2003 08:51PM #3
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Well, you can't really say much about that image Wes.

Simply stunning!

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HOLY COW!! That's beautiful!
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That is a very excellent picture of Saturn! One of the best I have seen yet taken with a ToUCam.
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Wes -

Amazing amount of information in this picture - and a whole lot of Encke division. Also a very good view of the planet through the Cassini division - which seems tougher this year than last.

What more will you capture when Saturn reaches opposition?

Beautiful!

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Posted 10/23/2003 11:29PM #7
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A very beautiful image, Wes.
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Posted 10/24/2003 06:17PM #8
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Wow, that is superb!

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A great image Wes! Fantastic detail on the globe and the Encke division without any question. Encke's showing up easily in the raw image. Nice color balance too.

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