[APML] M1 and Saturn in same FOV

["Kevin Wigell" <kwemail@twcny.rr.com>]

I was alerted to this image by someone who monitors the Yahoo SBIG list.
This image was taken on 12/28 showing M1 and Saturn in the same field.
According to the caption on the photo, it is a composite, with Saturn taken
through a blue filter with an exposure of 0.11 sec using an ST-8E, and a
longer (unspecified) exposure of M1. Saturn is completely washed out at 0.11
sec. But it does give an indication of what a challenge capturing Saturn
transiting M1 will be. I will be personally amazed if anyone manages to
capture the transit without doing some sort of composite image.

You can see Roth Ritter's image here:
http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/r/r/rritter2/website/astroimages/other/ph
ot_other.html
Click on the M1 and Saturn thumbnail.

Kevin Wigell
www.kwastronomy.com


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