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Another first Saturn

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I know there are plenty of threads detailing first views of Saturn, and I don't want to bore you, but I've just come in from my own first view - the seeing wasn't so great, the moon was glaring, Saturn was fairly low in the sky and above some houses which didn't help - but WOW. It was still utterly beautiful and mesmerising and wondrous and amazing. And knowing how far away it is and all that makes it even more jaw dropping - that's one of the great things about astronomy I guess, it turns knowledge into joy.

I have the Celestron 127SLT, and with the 9mm eyepiece and a yellow filter I was sure I could just about make out some detail on the surface. No Cassini division, but I wasn't expecting that with my set-up, or the conditions. Titan was the only moon I could see for sure.

Still catching my breath.

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bcfc1979

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it sure is a awesome feeling,i had my first viewing of saturn a few weeks ago. since then i have viewed a few more times and it still gives me the same jaw dropping feeling. the money i spent is it worth it just for them views alone :-)

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I showed my daughter Saturn for the first time last night, all she said was OMG :)

When she asked me about the stars next to it and I told her they were moons, well the look on her face said it all.

Thats why I love this Hobby :(.

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I showed my daughter Saturn for the first time last night, all she said was OMG :)

When she asked me about the stars next to it and I told her they were moons, well the look on her face said it all.

Thats why I love this Hobby :(.

I had the same experience with my daughter, both she and I were blown away. Really considering a good planetary eye piece as what I'm currently using isn't doing the scope justice.

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i have only had my first scope for a few days and last night and tonight have had 2 great nights viewing the moon (hey i had to start somewhere !)

been trying to find (and view Saturn) but have been unable to locate it

using a skywatcher 130pm with a super 25mm wide and a super 10mm EP (the eps that came with the scope)

should this setup be ok to see Saturn ?

do i need better / diff eps ?

any help appreciated

cheers

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i have only had my first scope for a few days and last night and tonight have had 2 great nights viewing the moon (hey i had to start somewhere !)

been trying to find (and view Saturn) but have been unable to locate it

using a skywatcher 130pm with a super 25mm wide and a super 10mm EP (the eps that came with the scope)

should this setup be ok to see Saturn ?

do i need better / diff eps ?

any help appreciated

cheers

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To quickly answer your question, yes. . .

I saw Saturn for the first time today also an have a skywatcher 130/900.

Steve,

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dale blue

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:DGreat stuff dodd,i've just seen saturn through my first and new skywatcher 127 mak.Found saturn by mistake when i was lining in my viewfinder what i thought was a star (spicer),totally awesome.

cannot believe it.:hello2:

cheers Dave.

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I saw Saturn again tonight in my 130p flexi-dob. I used two 2x barlows stacked, and a 9mm GSO Plossl. I just had a glimpse of the Cassini division! I was viewing at about 280x mag and the planet was racing across the FOV.

I then put a meade MA 6mm in for 433x and Saturn looked massive. However a sharp focus was almost impossible and without tracking it whizzed by.

I find the best views at around 170-200x.

It starts to go quite dim at high powers and detail is lost. I need more aperture and money!

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Nexus 6

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I saw Saturn again tonight in my 130p flexi-dob. I used two 2x barlows stacked, and a 9mm GSO Plossl. I just had a glimpse of the Cassini division! I was viewing at about 280x mag and the planet was racing across the FOV.

I then put a meade MA 6mm in for 433x and Saturn looked massive. However a sharp focus was almost impossible and without tracking it whizzed by.

I find the best views at around 170-200x.

It starts to go quite dim at high powers and detail is lost. I need more aperture and money!

pretty much spot on Lux, my best views so far have been when using 180x, 13mm Nagler 2350 fl scope. :hello2:

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Nexus 6

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Lucky so and so, I could only dream of a scope like that!

always a bigger better scope, its only, for me at least, about visual observing, would not mind what I used to be honest, even a set of bins are great but my current scope is my second and I am now going into my 4th year so guess its no surprise I sold my 1st, Celestron 6se, for this one.

Maybe you can visit a local astro society, thats what I did when I first started and it was a good thing as I got some good advice from some friendly knowledgable people, just like here on SGL :hello2:

Edit, forgot to add the new but second hand Vixen, it is going to need a bit of a clean and needs one or two extra's before I will be able to use it.

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I can't remember the first time I saw Saturn, but when I show it to people at public and school nights, the thrill returns. I used a yellow filter for the first time last week on Saturn and the results were amazing. It really brought up detail on an otherwise bland disk.

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dod

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Yeah it's funny, I've read a fair bit of advice on avoiding filters and that they actually reduce detail, but the #12 yellow filter really seems to improve things for me. I've had another couple of nights viewing since starting this thread and tried without filtering, and also a few different colours too. Yellow has come out best each time.

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Showed Saturn to my wife the other night and it was the first time she was actually impressed with what I was looking at. She actually thought i'd stuck something on the lens as the rings were so clear. :D

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