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["Kolb, George (MCOE)" <George.Kolb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

Excellent images.  The cloud bands on Saturn are very clear and Mars
shows great detail.  Your setup must be very steady.  Nice job. =20

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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Polakis
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Good Seeing Predicted for Tonight

So how good was that seeing last night?  There was a prolonged period in
which there was some image motion detected at 450x while looking at Mars
and Saturn, but not much.

I'm not big on calling attention to my planetary images on this list,
but at least these two images might give an idea that the seeing was
well above average.  Remember that Mars is only a bit over 11" in
diameter these days.  And no, the seeing didn't make that image of
Saturn too green; it's still a work in progress.

http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/92600911
http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/92600912

The images of Mars was taken using about 10 meters of focal length on my
10" Newtonan, while the Saturn image used 5 meters.

Tom
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