Saturn from Singapore

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ebeyonder
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Finally found some time recently to do some observation and took some pics of Saturn:

These two taken with C11 and DBK camera:

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This with a 2x Barlow... I guess the Barlow made focus harder to achieve and the image blurry?

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Finally a compilation of Saturn shots taken in the past week. I found out that collimation was really important. The pics in the top row were done before I properly collimated the scope:

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Hope you like the pics :)
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Nice effort!!!! Thanks for sharing. Great visual illustration of the importance of collimation!
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great work! nice and good contrast!
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ooohh..nice!
Liked the first one best. [smilie=cool.gif]
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nice~.. pitch black..
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me too! the first one looks almost like i can touch it hahhaha
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Post by Clifford60 »

Very nice, great effort.
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Post by cataclysm »

Very nice images! You got a good size aperture to do serious planetary works. With some luck, on a clear good seeing night, it's possible to push beyond f35. :)
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Post by ebeyonder »

Thanks all! I am going to invest in a good focuser for the C11 in time for Jupiter :)
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Post by jimmyleong »

nice photos... and my son says it looks like fishball though stick :)
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