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[APML] M1/Saturn Challenge



Hello All
 
I'm just typing up my local astro club's January newsletter, and it occured to me that as of tomorrow, 22nd December, Saturn is within one degree of M1.
 
A lot of you image with wider fields of view that this, so would it be prudent to get some test shots done now to try to get a feel for this extraordinary difference in brightness.
 
OK, I know that Saturn will overexpose after several seconds, and you'll need a minimum of say, 10 minutes on the Crab, but one roll of film exposed now may help you to determine the best method to adopt nearer the time.
 
I'd have a go myself, but weather here is Southern England sucks at the moment and not likely to clear for several days/weeks.
 
Just my thoughts - maybe someone's already mentioned this and I didn't read it.
 
Eddie Guscott