Month: September 2023

Off the back of last Saturday nights success with imaging I thought I would give it another go. The astronomy forecast for seeing/visibility was very promising so after setting up and getting my first views of Saturn in I knew that the results were going to be far better.

I am very happy with the processing and getting the clarity in the Cassini division. Just so tricky with the side on view of the rings that we are having this season. Can’t wait for a couple of years from know when we have better visibility on the ring plane.

Didn’t have much luck observing Saturn around opposition and when I did my dedicated astro-pc (Intel-NUC) decicde to burn itself out. After purchasing a second hand Dell OptiPlex Mini I am back in the game. Actually I think this is going to work out even better as it has 6 USB ports over the Intel-NUC’s 4 USB ports.

Now in terms of doing some observations I thought that it might be challenging with all the heat that Sydney has been experiencing. But in the end it didn’t turn out too badly in the end. Cassini Division definitely noticable still given the angle we are currently seeing Saturn at.