The alarm went off at 02:45 UT. 20 minutes later I was behind the C9,25 (which spent the night outside ready for early morning action!) and Saturn was coming into focus on the CCD chip. Quite a sight! Last time I imaged this guy, the rings were seen edge-on. Not quite the way we are used to seeing Saturn. This time though, the story is very different. The weather was variable throughout the morning, at times it was almost overcast and I was shooting through holes in the clouds! Seeing was mostly fair with times of good. I shot 12 avi's (1800 frames each) but I experimented with the frame rate (5/10fps) to see what works best as the planet is still very dim! ...here's a rough shot from the data!
Saturn December 9, 2010 - 03:41UT
