Saturn!!

I hope the scope survived the snow without trouble, i had a similar experience waiting for good seeing on Thursday night.
Just as I was going to image Mars, the clouds came in after waiting all night.
Damn this weather.

Hi Dave

The scope was fine, luckily I had put the cover on the end of the tube, I dried the clock drive and control out just incase but all seems fine now.

Just looking out the window at the lovely Co Derry weather, lol

Hi all,

besides mechanical failures 2night i seen saturn in all its glory with my 8" with 5.7/10/20mm eyepieces and im actually in awe with what iv seen tonight my god im astonished it was just super i was stuck for words even when i found it...it was amazing rings everything im so happy now mars was also good,orion,andromeda,plesaides.....

Hi Tony

I saw Saturn the clearest I have ever seen last night, I only have a 10mm & 25mm plus 2x barlow but it was awesome, so clear and sharp.

I saw Titan plus at least 2/3 other moons when the seeing was really good.
What 5.7mm eyepiece have you got as I am wanting to get something around that range?

Cheers

Hi cj,

ye was only second time seen it threw a scope...first time properly it was so clear wasnt it...i was stuck for words

Antares W70series 5.7mm

Hi Tony

What magnification did the Antares eyepiece give you and did you use a Barlow?

My scope is 130mm with a focal length of 650mm so my 10mm with 2x barlow gave me 130x. Saturn was small, but bright,clear, crisp and I could see the shadow of the rings so I know I can go higher with magnification, seeing permitting of course.

cheers

my scope is 870mm its an orion f/4.5 ha i aint shure bout the magnification pal kinda new to this game :oops:

no i didnt use a barlow