[AZ-Observing] Re: Very Good Seeing and Another Saturn Image

Very nice image, Tom. It could be possible that the rings are actually that 
red due to the light scatter from the very low inclination.

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From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Very Good Seeing and Another Saturn Image


>I got up again at 4:00 to do a seeing check, hoping the result would be a 
>return to bed.  But no, there was only a bit of image motion at 300x.  I 
>came away with a much better image of Saturn than yesterday's.  Notice that 
>Titan has moved to the east of the planet.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/107625869
>
> Still need to mess with the color balance, or are the edge-on rings really 
> that red compared to the disk?
>
> Tom
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