Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 15:58:08 -0700 From: Tim Parker Subject: Re: Cassini vs 14" Telescope At 3:50 PM -0700 10/5/00, David M Moore wrote: > Well, Cassini has turned in images almost as good as Maurizio's images! >Knowing I can't compete with Maurizio, I thought it interesting to compare a >shot I made Sep 30. vs. an 01 Oct shot of almost the same CM made with the >Cassini spacecraft. Although my image is not as sharp (owing to seeing), I >was surprised to see that all but the most minute details are actually >visible in my image compared to Cassini's. Well, I'm impressed anyhow, so >humor me please! > >Thanks >Dave Moore My Sept. 30th images show many of the same features as well, though I didn't have quite the seeing that you had, and the planet had rotated a bit further. Sadly, I've only just seen the sky for the first time in 5 days here, and they're forcasting morning low clouds and fog for the next 5 days. It's just possible enough that it might be clear at 4am that I have to set the alarm and get up and walk over to the window anyway. Usually, I've been going back to bed right away. We'll see... 8^( -Tim. -- *************************************************************** Dr. Tim Parker Phone: (818) 354-2451 JPL Mail Stop 183-501 Fax: (818) 354-0966 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 *************************************************************** All opinions herein stated are mine, not those of Caltech, JPL, or NASA. Trust me.