Saturn during 2013
All images have been taken with an Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm @f/4.5 telescope
or
Orion Optics Newtonian 250mm @f/6.3 telescope (lamda/8 optics)
mounted on an Skywatcher AZ EQ6 mount German Equatorial / Alt-Az dual mode.
A FL3-FW-03S1M-C (Monochrome) camera was used along with SupaSlim Filter Wheel.
A Televue 3x barlow was used to increase the effective focal length and consequent magnification.
Image acquisition with Torsten Edelmann's Firecapture software or Fire-i™ Software.
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| July 29, 2013 Saturn's hexagon is a persisting hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of Saturn. Condition with poor seeing good transparency
Telescope SkyWatcher 14 inch @f/4.5, camera FLEA 3, filters RGB & IR pass, barlow 3X.
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Saturn
(CM I: 96 II: 23 III: 97)
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| July 28, 2013 Saturn's hexagon is a persisting hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of Saturn. Condition with poor seeing good transparency
Telescope SkyWatcher 14 inch @f/4.5, camera FLEA 3, filters RGB & IR pass, barlow 3X.
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Saturn
(CM I: 341 II: 301 III: 16)
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| June 19, 2013 Saturn's hexagon is a persisting hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of Saturn. Condition with poor seeing good transparency
Telescope Newtonian 10 inch @f/6.3, camera FLEA 3, filters RGB, barlow 3X.
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Saturn
(CM I: 215 II: 352 III: 115)
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| June 18, 2013 Saturn's hexagon is a persisting hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of Saturn. Condition with poor seeing good transparency
Telescope Newtonian 10 inch @f/6.3, camera FLEA 3, filters L-RGB, barlow 3X.
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Saturn
(CM I: II: III: )
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| June 10, 2013 Saturn's hexagon is a persisting hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of Saturn. Condition with bad seeing and transparency
Telescope Newtonian 10 inch @f/6.3, camera FLEA 3, filters RGB, barlow 3X.
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Saturn
(CM I: 155 II: 224 III: 357)
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| June 06, 2013 Saturn's hexagon is a persisting hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of Saturn. Condition with bad seeing and transparency
Telescope Newtonian 10 inch @f/6.3, camera FLEA 3, filters RGB, barlow 3X.
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Saturn
(CM I: 36 II: 234 III: 12)
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