Saturn Dec29 fairly good seeing

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Hi. just a possible hint of the storm region in this view, but will need better seeing to pick out any detail. thanks for looking. Regards Ray

[mig5]

Great shot - thanks for sharing!

[Lester]

That is a very nice view Ray, thanks.

[Paul Haese]

We thought the seeing was good last. Nice image Ray. Good colour too.

[lepton3 (Ivan)]

Wow, very good image for this early in the season. How high was it?

And is that RGB or OSC?

Great result.

-Ivan

[Quark (Trevor)]

What a beauty Ray, the best I have seen this apparition, by a long way. The charts showed very stable air down your way, didn't quite make it up to here but that is the luck of the draw.

All that remains of the storm is the light coloured band of material surrounding the planet that was dredged up when the storm was active. The SED's activity that was responsible for the dredge up ceased completely by early September. It will likely take quite some time for this massive amount of material to dissipate.

Regards
Trevor

[Clayton]

That's a great shot Ray

[DJVege]

Awesome image!

Can someone point out where the "hint of storm" is to me please? I don't know what I'm looking for!

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

Very nice image Ray. Would you object if I used it to replace this fuzzy image I took of Saturn a while ago?

For the time being my efforts with astro photography are restricted to clamping a small digital camera to the eyepiece.

Regards,
Stu.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Thats great work there Ray.

Cheers Kev.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Nice and crisp that one.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

MIG5 - thanks

Hi Lester - thank you

G'day Paul. Thanks -I have a lot of trouble with colour, so appreciate the feedback.

Thanks Ivan - according to WINJUPOS it was at 31deg - this is RGB, which helps a bit at low altitude.

Thanks for the info Trevor - detailed reply on CN

Thanks Rob

thanks DJVege - the storm occurred in the lower 2/3 or so of the thick olive coloured band. There is a slight hint of a lighter zone in that band that may be the remainder of the storm material - nothing obvious, but that is interesting in itself.

Hi Stu - if for your avatar, no prob. Surprising what a small camera can do through an eyepiece.

Regards Ray

[Shiraz (Ray)]

thanks Kev

thanks Dave

Regards Ray

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

Thanks Ray, for allowing me to replace my fuzzy avatar image of Saturn with your top quality shot. Much appreciated.

[von Tom (Tom)]

Wonderful image Ray. Detail, colour, exposure, everything! No luck with cloud here, except the morning I got to see Comet Lovejoy and the stars were steady as.

Tom

[von Tom (Tom)]

The more I look at this image the more it looks like the first time I ever saw Saturn through a telescope (the 9" Oddie refractor at Mt Stromlo). It's beautiful

[Shiraz (Ray)]

thanks Tom. Really appreciate your comment - it is too easy to get carried away with the technology and forget the sense of wonder at what is out there. Thanks for the reminder. regards ray

[Troy]

Off to a good start with Saturn, well done Ray

[Shiraz (Ray)]

thanks Troy - yep, its back. Regards Ray

[John Hothersall]

Wow thats a cracking image - getting me excited. Lovely banding with pole now showing.

John.