From: "KirkusMcGurkus" <kirk@stenvall.net>

Date: February 16, 2009 4:06:32 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Saturn under very good seeing

Isn't that nice?! I especially like the planet's shadow on the rings.

How would you track the 16" Lightbridge, Jim? It couldn't be mounted

on anything, could it?

--Kirk

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Alan Friedman <alan@...> wrote:

Very nice Jim! The seeing last night in Buffalo was the best I've come  

across in 2 years. Unfortunately the clouds rolled in very quickly. By  

the time I had finished giving all the 14 year old girls who were  

sleeping over for my daughter's birthday a look, saturn had dimmed too  

much for picture taking. I grabbed a quick stream in white light just  

for a souvenir.

cheers,

Alan

The seeing was very good this morning in the Toronto region allowing

me to tweak the collimation on my C8. The decrease in total

brightness of Saturn this year has me really lusting after big

aperture! I was thinking of getting a used 16" Lightbridge for

planetary imaging only!

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Planetary/Saturn&DioneFeb15.jpg

Jim