[AZ-Observing] Re: Good Seeing Predicted for Tonight

  • From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:59:05 -0500

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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