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Pages: 1 Scanning4Comets Markus Reged: 12/26/04 Loc: Deep Space! Saturn this morning....       #5609691 - 01/07/13 07:26 AM Attachment (67 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   After nothing but clouds for about 3 weeks or so, it finally cleared up this morning !!! So, I took my telescope out into my backyard and let it cool for about 30 minutes so I could start with some low power viewing. I first saw Saturn as I was too excited to wait and in went the 7mm XW at 160x.....well it was rippling and boiling, (of course I knew this), but I looked anyways. I then decided to back off on the power, so I put in my 10mm Pentax XW and looked at M-104. Wow, it was really nice to see it again! I knew M-13 was up, so I swung around and saw that too...but time had passed so I tried 210x on it and it was really nice! The mirror was starting to cool and images were getting a lot better so I looked for M-3 in Canes Venatici. This globular seems a bit brighter than M-13, so in went the 10mm XW and my barlow which I screwed onto my blue fireball 2", 35mm extension tube at 210x. Really nice view!!!! Finally, after about an hour had passed, so I grabbed my 7mm Pentax XW + barlow @ 300x and I looked at Saturn...Now the mirror was really happening and the view was super sharp in the rings and I could just see a slight shadow on the left side of the planet and rings. I was also able to try out my newly made map holder that turns 360 degrees, so I can orient whatever I am seeing on the map exactly to the sky....it worked perfectly! After that, I put in my 22mm Vixen LVW and snapped a quick pic of the moon, and I packed up and headed inside. All in all, it was worth heading out in the cold too see some good old mornin' friends in the sky! Cheers, Post Extras:       Scanning4Comets Markus Reged: 12/26/04 Loc: Deep Space! Re: Saturn this morning.... [Re: Scanning4Comets]       #5609692 - 01/07/13 07:26 AM Attachment (51 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   .. Post Extras:       Scanning4Comets Markus Reged: 12/26/04 Loc: Deep Space! Re: Saturn this morning.... [Re: Scanning4Comets]       #5609693 - 01/07/13 07:26 AM Attachment (48 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   ... Post Extras:       dyslexic nam Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/28/08 Loc: PEI, Canada Re: Saturn this morning.... [Re: Scanning4Comets]       #5609824 - 01/07/13 09:42 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great report Mark. The weather has been... "crisp" here on the East coast, so I haven't done any observing lately - nice to see you braving the elements for a session. Incidentally, do you throw down a tarp after your sessions to keep a clear patch in the snow? I like the idea of maintaining some bare ground for winter viewing - I may need to start doing something like that. Post Extras:       Scanning4Comets Markus Reged: 12/26/04 Loc: Deep Space! Re: Saturn this morning.... [Re: dyslexic nam]       #5609950 - 01/07/13 11:00 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Shaun, It's been rather cold lately here and very cloudy! I do have a tarp which was buried under just over a foot of snow further back in my yard, so last week after we got dumped on, I shoveled that square area you see and it only snowed a little bit on there and melted on Friday leaving bare grass, so I took advantage of that too. The area I keep covered is 12' x 10' and I didn't want to shovel that much so I just did a small area just after the stairs, LOL. Cheers and thanks! Post Extras:       norton67 member Reged: 12/11/12 Loc: Michigan Re: Saturn this morning.... [Re: Scanning4Comets]       #5614987 - 01/10/13 07:45 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Looks alot of my viewing area with all the snow. Post Extras:       Mike Phillips Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/21/06 Loc: Swift Creek, NC - 35.682 N, 78... Re: Saturn this morning.... [Re: norton67]       #5615635 - 01/10/13 02:22 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Always fun to move snow for your scope! Thanks for sharing. Mike Post Extras:       Asbytec Guy in a furry hat Reged: 08/08/07 Loc: La Union, PI Re: Saturn this morning.... [Re: Mike Phillips]       #5616655 - 01/11/13 04:02 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Markus, you did not mention the cold. It looks cold, anyway. I remember those days, shoveling snow and freezing at the eyepiece. Hey, you got outside and had a great session. I am waiting for Saturn to rise a little earlier. Post Extras:       george golitzin Pooh-Bah Reged: 02/24/06 Re: Saturn this morning.... [Re: Asbytec]       #5618980 - 01/12/13 12:26 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My hat's off to all you snowbirds who still get out to observe. I complain when the temps drop below 40. Nice report Markus--there's nothing like that first sharp view of Saturn in a given season--a fitting reward for your snow removal efforts. -geo Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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