Saturn Image 2005/03/27(UT)

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Saturn Image 2005/03/27(UT)
Damian Peach
D.Peach

Damian Peach (235mm Celestron SCT:ATK-1HS camera)

Here is Saturn from last night. Seeing was excellent with better transparency than the 19th. The Planet now isnt far from quadrature, and the shadow of the globe on the rings is almost at its maximum extent.
A small dark spot was seen in the mid-SEB zone (see animation) between 18:43-19:11 UT.

9.25" (23.5 cm) Celestron SCT @ f/39.5 ATK-1HS CCD camera. Seeing excellent (Pickering 8-9.)
Transparency fair-good (3.0-4.0mag) mist/haze. Clds later. No wind. Heavy dew.  Eq Diam=18.8" Altitude: 60degs.

[Damian Peach: Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom]

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