I have a personal bet that I can not show Saturn to a crowd and not have somebody, usually a kid, ask if I have a photo, slide, sticker, or similar in the 'scope. I will invariably have it suggested, usually as a joke, that the image is fake. I have NEVER lost this bet.
Considering I have shown Saturn to thousands of people at dozens and dozens of events this never fails to amaze me. Last week was no exception as we looked at an absolutely gorgeous Saturn with nearly perfect seeing. The summit reported 0.4arcsec seeing, I suspect we had 1arcsec or better down a few thousand feet at the Mauna Kea VIS. I will be trying to lose this one every other week for the next couple months until we lose Saturn to the sunset.
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