From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: March 8, 2010 4:20:21 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Some more Mars & Saturn

Hi Jim;

The link is actually :

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Planetary/MarchMarsSaturn%20copy.jpg

as there is a space in the file name, which is "%20"

Your Mars looks really good too me, especially since that's a C8! There is very good detail in it considering how small it is now. I've given up on Mars for the rest of the year as my seeing is pretty horrible for long FL work.

Your Saturn looks good too, but might need a little more blue to it?

Thanks for sharing..

Milton Aupperle

On 8-Mar-10, at 4:04 PM, jimchung2338 wrote:

The past weekend was very clear in Toronto, but I was away!!  Still I squeezed in some imaging time on Friday night and Sunday night.

Mars turned out quite well with just a colour ccd, showing subtle surface details.

I've been having trouble with Saturn this year, it seems dimmer than normal or perhaps lower in the sky than past years?  As a result I brought out the big 12" and the seeing was pretty good for the red channel showing a lot of banding.  The green & blue were not very good.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Planetary/MarchMarsSaturn copy.jpg

Jim