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  Saturn December 31, 2004   This image is my first high resolution image of Saturn ever taken.  
   Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. Phillips ToUcam 840
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  Saturn February 1, 2005  Taken under good seeing showing nice details in the rings and globe.
  Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. Phillips ToUcam 840
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  Saturn February 15, 2005  About one month past oposition and you can see the shadow of the 
  globe on the rings increasing in size. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. Phillips ToUcam 840
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  Saturn February 25, 2005  This is my first image of Saturn using the "Optimized Color" non-raw
  Modification. It works very well to decrease to noise in the raw frames and increases low light 
  sensitivity as well. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. Phillips ToUcam 840
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  Saturn March 24, 2005  A night of very good seeing produced this image, one of my best
  images of the ringed planet so far. The shadow on the rings continues to grow in this image which
  is two months past opposition.  Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. Phillips ToUcam 840
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  Saturn April 6, 2005  Here is the last image of Saturn I captured for the 2005 oposition. The
  Planet has got noticably smaller and the shadow on the rings has increased even more is size.
  Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. Phillips ToUcam 840
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  Saturn December 25, 2005  My first image of the 2005/2006 apparition. Of course my  
  first night with good seeing would be Christmas Eve, when I'm busy getting things ready for 
  the kids in the morning. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. Phillips ToUcam 840.
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  Saturn February 20, 2006  This is my first image of Saturn using two different cameras.
  One for a luminance image and the other for RGB which were combined for a single image. 
  Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. DMK 21AF04 firewire camera for luminance and Phillips             
  Toucam 840 for RGB.
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  Saturn February 22, 2006  Taken under below average seeing, but capturing with the DMK
  camera at 30 frames per second helped tremendously. Almost one month after opposition the
  shadow on the globe is starting to grow. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. DMK 21AF04 firewire 
  camera for luminance and Phillips ToUcam 840 for RGB.
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  Saturn March 6, 2006  Taken under variable seeing conditions and six weeks after opposition.
  Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera for luminance.
  Phillips ToUcam 840 for RGB.
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  Saturn March 7, 2006  Here is Saturn showing north up. In this years Saturn images you can
  clearly see the blue color to the northern hemisphere which has been in darkness for the last few
  years. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. DMK 21AF04 firewire camera for luminance. Phillips
  ToUcam 840 for RGB.
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  Saturn March 18, 2006  Taken on my daughter Olivia's 8th birthday. After showing her what to
  do, she focused and captured the luminance portion of this image. Saturn is now 7 weeks past
  opposition and the shadow on the rings is getting larger. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. DMK 21AF04
  monochrome firewire camera for luminance. Phillips ToUcam 840 for RGB.
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  Saturn March 24, 2006  Taken under fair to poor seeing conditions. Shown with north up.
  Saturn is now two months past opposition. The rings have opened slightly while Saturn is in a
  retrograde motion. We won't see the rings as open as this for many years to come. Meade 8"
  LX90 @ f/35.DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera for luminance. Phillips ToUcam
  840 for RGB.
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  Saturn March 28, 2006  The globe can be seen through the Cassini division in this image taken  
  on a night of good seeing. Saturn is two months past opposition. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. DMK
  21AF04 monochrome firewire camera for luminance. Phillips ToUcam 840 for RGB.
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  Saturn March 30, 2006  Taken under a night of excellent seeing, this is by far my best image of
  Saturn to date. Numerous details can be seen on the rings and globe. Saturn is over two months
  past oposition at this time. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire
  camera for luminance. Phillips ToUcam 840 for RGB.
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  Saturn April 9, 2006  Taken under decent seeing. The angular diameter is now at 18.7
  arcseconds. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera for
  luminance. Phillips ToUcam 840 for RGB.
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  Saturn November 11, 2006  My first image of Saturn for the 2006/2007 season. The rings are noticably closing
  as compared to last year. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera for luminance.
  Atik 1C for RGB.
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  Saturn  November 26, 2006  Taken under above average seeing conditions. The planet has an angular diameter of 18.5
  arcseconds. Meade 8" LX90 @ f/35. DMK 21AF04 monochrome firewire camera for luminance. Atik 1C for RGB.
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  Saturn  January 18, 2007
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  Saturn March 9, 2007