I bookmarked your blog - you took the picture?

Thats a nice lens and and a good rig. Did you grind your own lens?.

What kind of scope did you use? That is a great photo. I have a little "asmith" reflector (it was a gift and the giver thought the "equatorals" looked too complicated - even though the prices were comparable).

I can look at saturn with low resolution - I can count the moons - so - for sure - I will be able to tell what time it is if my watch ever stopped - but, since I don't wear one it doesn't make a difference. Saturn just slides out of view in a few seconds. My asmith knob scribes a cone (I need an arc) and I have been using the tripod leg adjustments to "fiegn" a wedge. Using weights and bungie chords so it won't fall over.

So I have been trying to figure out how to build a wedge - but those Celestrons with the digital axis drives sure look good!

I am betting you built that scope. I will visit your Blog more often.

I note last night the moon was staight up down here. It's position marked the prime derivative of our sky "dome" (so it seemed). I can't remember seeing it that high in the sky (ever).

Great shot Nick - thanks!


>>Our little histry is full of bungles and mistepps - but I descendants will hold these times in awe trying to imagine how we felt when we first saw images like this:
>>http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/figures/PIA08329_fig2.jpg
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>>WOW!
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>Speaking of Saturn... not THAT spectacular, but the Saturn image in below link is mine:
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>http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=low&Number=860772&Forum=f86&Words=flying_fox&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=860772&Search=true&where=bodysub&Name=&daterange=1&newerval=1&newertype=y&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#Post860772