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Saturn Image 2009/04/22(UT)

Sadegh ghomizadeh,Ian Sharp,Luis Miguel Azorin Albero,Damian Peach
Sadegh.GH,I.Sharp,L.Azorin,D.Peach

Sadegh ghomizadeh (235mm SC)
Poor seeing & average  atmosphere
information: telescope Celestron 11" Schmidt Cassegrain Focal lenght 2800 mm,focal ratio 10,
camera SKYnyx mono+2XBarlow+6 cm filter Wheel  f30,15fps.
Filter: astronomik RGB,processing software: regitax & PS



[Sadegh ghomizadeh: Tehran IRAN ]

Ian Sharp (200mm Newtonian)
A long night imaging Saturn last night. I wanted to catch the transits of Rhea,Mimas and Dione,
but in the end the seeing became poor (after good seeing earlier) and Saturn got a bit low for the
Dione event which was late at about 02:30UT on 23rd (and I got too tired!)
Started early in a blue sky,and got Rhea and its shadow here:


Then caught the storm below the rings in this image with no transits at the time:


Then took this red image in an attempt to see Mimas transit. It should be just below the rings,
near the right hand side of the globe,but I can't see it:

Packed in at 02:00UT,quite pleased overall.
[Ian Sharp: West Sussex,United Kingdom]

Luis Miguel Azorin Albero(150mm. maksutov cassegrain)
2009/04/22 20:03(UT)
150mm maksutov cassegrain
DMK 21AF04
Seeing 8/10   Trans 7/10
Comments: Very good seeing and stability. Rhea's shadow visible over the disk of the planet.

[Luis Miguel Azorin Albero : Elda Alicante (Spain)]

Damian Peach (350mm Celestron SCT)
showing a transit of Rhea. No spots were recorded. This completes my backlog of Saturn imagery.

[Damian Peach: Loudwater,Buckinghamshire,United Kingdom]
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