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Old 09-April-2008, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by suntrack2 View Post
very nice image by you, I heard that for several years the saturn rings can be observe in this position.(somewhere I read)
Thanks Suntrack!

Actually, the ring angle has been narrowing. Efrain Rivera posted a great shot showing the movement of the rings over the years. By September 2009, they will be flat relative to us and very hard to see.

[rant] Now, one final comment on my format / frame rate rant above. I only need 60fps for bright objects like the Moon and Jupiter in less than optimal seeing. So I can live with 30fps and get a smaller file for all other objects. And for Jupiter I won't be combining more than 90 seconds or so of data due to rotation, keeping total frame count below the 2,000 limit in Registax. [/rant]

Update:
I've captured my research in a more complete form on my blog. Comments and corrections would be greatly desired.
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