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Started by Alan Friedman, 02/25/2004 03:31PM

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Posted 02/25/2004 03:31PM Opening Post

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Taken at the Cedar Key Star Party in Cedar Key, FL last Thursday night. This was about the best seeing I have ever experienced. We observed with a Nagler 3-6 zoom in my 10" f14.6 - dialing between 600 and 1200x and it was hard to decide which image gave the most information!

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Posted 02/25/2004 03:55PM #1

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Outstanding!

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Alan,

Superb , thanks for posting.

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Posted 02/25/2004 06:22PM #3

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Wow!!!!!!!!! A wallpaper candidate for sure!!

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Posted 02/25/2004 08:02PM #4

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Gorgeous! I wish I could have been there with you. I'll bet the view was exquisite!

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Beautiful shot Alan!
Thanks for sharing!

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Posted 02/25/2004 11:49PM #6

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Alan, where were you in Cedar Key? I was staying with friends who live right next to the museum and the folks at the museum said there was no observing on Thurs nite. So, I set up in my friends backyard with my 10" f/6 dob. Saturn about blew their socks off!! The seeing was indeed great that night.

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Posted 02/26/2004 03:05AM #7

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Absolutely stunning Alan.

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Posted 02/26/2004 07:32AM #8

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Alan,

One of the most stunning images of Saturn I have ever seen! You have recorded a wealth of detail over the globe and rings. The pastel green collar surrounding the South Polar Region (SPR) is well captured. I am glad that you enjoyed such wonderful seeing conditions to image the ringed planet. I wish you many more such evenings in the future.

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Hello again Alan.

How many images did you stack to get that result?

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