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

  • From: <sam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:26:47 -0700

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.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
To: <AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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