This picture was taken in South Australia with a 14 inch telescope (high end of backyard size). Saturn is presently on the opposite side of the sun from the earth, so it makes the rings really stand out. No enhancement was done to this pic, as far as I can find.

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details at spaceweather.com
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I have an 8" Orion and it's nothing like this! What a beautiful image! My kids would flip it I could pull up the magnification and resolution in this shot. Hell, I would, too.
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I also have an 8" and have been considering upping to 12 or 14 for the past two years. Spendy, but pics like this make me think that it may be worth it.
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Bee- you- ti- ful!
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Awesome comes to mind...
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Sweet photo, Mark!

Here is a close up:
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:-)
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:-)
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Cue the Uranus jokes in 3 .... 2 ... 1.... GO!
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Awesome pic, Mark. Lots of good pics of planets this week. NASA's new pics of Mercury are also awesome.:-)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/me...dia/index.html
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Nice!
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Damn....:-)
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