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Saturn and Rhea


Saturn and Rhea

I made a sketch of Saturn V.mag. 0.58, in Aquarius at 10:30 pm local time in the partly cloudy skies.
I used assorte colors of pastel pencils and sticks on black sketching paper. I included one of Saturn’s bright moons which was close by (Rhea).
Rhea is about V mag, 10.2
Air temperature was 34° C ( 94° F), seeing was 3/5 transparency was 3/5.
Saturn is always impressive at the eyepiece but can be challenging to sketch.
Telescope 16” f/4.41 Dobsonian scope 9mm eyepiece and a 2x barlow 398 x
Frank McCabe :)


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