[AZ-Observing] Re: Saturn Occultation...
- From: "Joe Macke" <joe01@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:20:40 -0700
Hi all,
I went out last night to try to see the ring occultation. I tried as much
as 400X in my 20cm SCT, but I could never reliably see the star. I hadn't
referred to a star chart (pesky family wants me to do stuff with them!), but
I imagined I could almost start to see a star just to the SE of the rings.
The seeing was terrible, although I could make out the shadow of the rings
on the planet most of the time, but it looked like the shadow of a Jello
ring. I stepped back to 200X and the view was much more pleasing, but still
couldn't make out a star. My neighbor was impressed with view, nonetheless.
When I got tired of that, I took a peek at Mars. I could see some dark area
in the center of the disk, but I didn't try to identify it. All-in-all, the
lazy astronomer.
I won't be able to make Flatiron this evening, but it looks like it will be
a good night.
Clear skies,
Joe
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