Comments on: Saturn http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428 See what large letters I use as I write to you in my own hand. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: jed http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-166 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-166 Well, I'm envious. Or something like that. Alas, my C5+ is for sale — on consignment over at S&S Optika. I suppose I might have waited until after this month's quintuple planet play. (All 5 naked-eye planets in the sky at the same time.) Well, I’m envious. Or something like that.

Alas, my C5+ is for sale — on consignment over at S&S Optika.

I suppose I might have waited until after this month’s quintuple planet play. (All 5 naked-eye planets in the sky at the same time.)

]]> by: Tim Berglund http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-167 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-167 Jed: Bummer you had to consign your scope, but I trust your judgment. And don't forget: March is Messier Marathon month! You're not gonna fine me staying up all night for that stuff. Catch-as-catch-can viewing does the job for me. (Plus maybe a star party in the summer.) Quick plug for S&S Optika: Cathy Havens is about the nicest retailer period--not merely the nicest telescope or even optical product retailer--in the Denver area. Jed:

Bummer you had to consign your scope, but I trust your judgment.

And don’t forget: March is Messier Marathon month! You’re not gonna fine me staying up all night for that stuff. Catch-as-catch-can viewing does the job for me. (Plus maybe a star party in the summer.)

Quick plug for S&S Optika: Cathy Havens is about the nicest retailer period–not merely the nicest telescope or even optical product retailer–in the Denver area.

]]> by: pentamom http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-168 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-168 Am I correct in assuming that the reason your webcam images look to me like collections of a couple dozen squares a piece on a black background has to do with my dialup connection? Am I correct in assuming that the reason your webcam images look to me like collections of a couple dozen squares a piece on a black background has to do with my dialup connection?

]]> by: Tim Berglund http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-169 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-169 Uh-oh. You mean all of them, or just Io and Europa? The two moons look pixellated because they're very zoomed-in views; the moons actually took up just a few pixels in the processed image. You should see a picture of Saturn and a picture of Jupiter, though, regardless of the speed of your connection. They are 7kB and 12kB images, respectively. Uh-oh. You mean all of them, or just Io and Europa? The two moons look pixellated because they’re very zoomed-in views; the moons actually took up just a few pixels in the processed image. You should see a picture of Saturn and a picture of Jupiter, though, regardless of the speed of your connection. They are 7kB and 12kB images, respectively.

]]> by: pentamom http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-170 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-170 Yeah, it's IO and Europa. The planets are fine. It's pixellated, but beyond pixellated, if you know what I mean. They're not just choppy looking, they just look like small piles of slowly shifting squares. Kinda nice in the psychedelic art department, but... ;-) Yeah, it’s IO and Europa. The planets are fine. It’s pixellated, but beyond pixellated, if you know what I mean. They’re not just choppy looking, they just look like small piles of slowly shifting squares. Kinda nice in the psychedelic art department, but… ;-)

]]> by: Sciolist http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-171 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-171 Awesome low-overhead photos! I can't wait until Cassini's Huygens probe drops into the atmophere of Titan in 2005! Awesome low-overhead photos!

I can’t wait until Cassini’s Huygens probe drops into the atmophere of Titan in 2005!

]]> by: jed http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-172 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.timberglund.com/blog/archives/428#comment-172 Messier Marthon Month -- MMM! I never got into the "hell-bent" for bagging objects mode either. Just enjoyed looking at stuff. I tried several times to catch the Horsehead nebula -- never saw it. Of course, it's a difficult target. You're right about Cathy too. Messier Marthon Month — MMM!

I never got into the “hell-bent” for bagging objects mode either. Just enjoyed looking at stuff. I tried several times to catch the Horsehead nebula — never saw it. Of course, it’s a difficult target.

You’re right about Cathy too.

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