Saturn April 24th & 25th

[Quark]

Hi All,

Imaged Saturn April 24th & 25th. April 24th was in fair seeing and nothing really jumps out at me in the data although there are some diffuse white spots in the NEB.

Captured data over a 3 hr session April 25th, the seeing was quite reasonable early then went west before stabilizing just in time to image the dark spot.



Of interest in my first data set is a quite bright, concentrated spot in the EZ. I have imaged this previously and it is included in my spread sheet, in the same data set is a bright spot in the NEB.



Have included a R channel animation, only 3 frames over the 3 hours. The bright EZ spot can be seen close to the P limb, the bright NEB spot pops in and out approx midway between the F limb & the CM while the dark spot down on the storm remnant is in the final 2 of 3 frames and moves from the F side to the CM. The dark spot also shows up nicely in the polar projections of the R & IR data.

Thanks for looking .


Regards
Trevor

[Quark]

April 24th

[Paul Haese]

Nice images Trev. I really like your colouring. Must be those Astrodons.

[Derek Klepp]

Always enjoy these Trevor.In the 16" I can just make out a slightly yellow hue when the seeing is good.Its a good thing your not up here .Very few clear nights in the last three months.

[EricB]

Great images Trevor!

Eric

[Solar]

The 16" give a nice image, very pleasing to look at.

[John Hothersall]

Very smooth Reds and IR, seeing has been bad in SE Qld but may try tomorrow. Interesting spots, shame seeing varies so much during a session.

John.

[DavidU]

Awesome Trev, the top set are very sharp..:thumbsup:

[Quark]

Thanks David, still have not snagged a night of very good seeing this apparition for a really hi res result but as long as I can resolve the target detail I am after I am happy.



Thanks John, the variability in conditions is a pain, normally out here the seeing holds up quite well but on this night it swung considerably over the 3 hours of the session.



Thanks Ralph, a large aperture certainly helps for planetary imaging.



Thanks Eric.



Thanks Derek, we get a considerable number of clear nights out here at Broken Hill, although this year many of those clear nights have been spoiled by the jetstream.



Thanks Paul, yes, I really do like the Astrodons.

[allan gould]

I love being able to see the planet through the Cassini division and also the c ring on the planet and in the ring gaps.
Allan

[U.K.Cowboy]

:thumbsup:

[Troy]

Nice images Trevor :thumbsup:

[Shiraz]

nice data Trevor. regards ray