[AZ-Observing] Re: Saturn last night
- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:03:52 -0700
Don, I really enjoyed your enthusiasm and "newbie" joy in reading your
report! Great for you!
As for your street light, you might be able to get your power company to
install a shield on it for you. While it does not diminish any of the waste
of photons pumped out by the light, it does block the light from falling on
your house or yard. When I bought my house in September, I had that very
problem and asked APS to install a shield (using their web site contact
link). Within a month, the shield was up and blocking those nasty
artificial photons!
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, AZ
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Hinchliffe
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:21 AM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Saturn last night
Hello everyone.
I am a long time arm-chair observer who finally got a scope, 8" Orion XTi. I
have been exploring the stars from my backyard for 4 months now.
Unfortunately there is a street light 40 feet from where I set my scope.
Inspite of being a mere novice and a bad viewing local, I have to give a
report on last night.
I only had about 30 minutes to observe but it was an amazing time. I saw the
Cassini Division as well as cloud bands! I have been watching Saturn almost
since I got my scope but never saw this detail before. Just a guess but I
would rate the seeing at 9 or better. I put in my 8mm Orioin Stratus and saw
some incredible detail, so I tried adding my barlow. Every time I have tried
my barlow on the 8mm it never worked as well as expected, but last night was
near perfect. The image was stable and clear. If not for having to work
today I would have packed up and headed for a dark sky local.
It is hard not to sound giddy when you have finally spotted something that
you have been looking for. I had a dime store Tasco for several years and
watched the moons of jupiter and the bumps of saturn. But this was a great
night. I hope to have a good night this weekend when I can finally head out
of town to find a dark local.
Clear Skies!
Don
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