| Object/type: | Saturn / Planet |
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| date/time/place: | Nov 19, 2000 / 22:00 / bangkok |
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| telescope: | Newtonian 4.5", f 8.8 |
| eyepieces/power: | 10mm / 100x |
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Titan the biggest moon, mag8.4, is on the lower right (the north direction) The faint star on left side, was matched with position of Rhea, mag9.8 but can't confirm as on the others night, I couldn't observe to ensure the orbit. I used SATENGINE program to confirm the position of moon(s). I lost SATENGINE program due to my hard drive failure, I forgot where download site is. But I found SATSAT instead ,it can be use same as the lost one. for more detail see Softwares section
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Cassini division has apparent view angle about 0.5", the actual width is about 3,000 km. It suitable for small telescope testing.
Titan: diameter 5150 km has thick atmosphere , Cassini spacecraft will reach Saturn & Titan in year 2004. A probe will drop into Titan's atmosphere. Home