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Gordon Mandell

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Saturn


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Target: First attempt at Saturn (North is up, diameter 20, magnitude -0.3) Date/Time: 03/07/06 2017 EST Location: 25 miles North of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Suburban location. Telescope and mount on Pier-Tech II adjustable pier in Pier-Tech Tele-Station roll-off roof observatory Mount: Takahashi NJP Temma II Telescope: TEC-200 Maksutov (f/15.5) with Hutech IR/UV blocking filter and TeleVue 2x PowerMate Camera: Lumenera Lu075c video camera w/ clear filter Sky conditions: transparency 3/5, seeing 3/5, wind light, humidity 55-60 %, temp I/O 30.0 F/33.4 F Images: Captured with LuCam Recorder 1.4.22 at an image scale of 0.25 arcsec/pixel; 895 frames captured over 2 minutes (7.5 FPS) Processing: RegiStax 3.0.1.24 and Picture Window Pro 3.5