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Started by Rolo, 04/04/2010 02:48PM
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Rolando Chavez
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Not the greatest seeing conditions but good enough to capture my first Saturn transit.


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Posted 04/05/2010 01:46AM #1
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Rolando,

Well done!! I was shooting at the same time and I hope mine turns out somewhere near as good as yours.

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Outstanding catch!
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Very cool Rolo. I have yet to capture a shadow on Saturn.

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