Saturn, 6th September: excellent seeing, spokes and Tethys transit

[andyc]

Hi all, here's a few images from my 6th September Saturn run in mostly really good seeing. Among the highlights are three spokes on the B Ring (see animated GIF and also at higher resolution here (http://pvol2.ehu.eus/pvolimages/saturn/s2023-09-06_13-53-00_ir%20r_acasely.gif)), a transit of Tethys later on, and disturbances in the South Equatorial Belt. The remnant of Saturn's Great White Storm of 2011 is a small dark spot in the first IR image (spot AV), thanks to Trevor Barry for highlighting that recently.

I even tried my first UV image of Saturn, which was tough as it's faint at those wavelengths, and unsurprisingly pretty grainy.

Part of a series of good seeing nights I've had lately, with a lot of Saturn processing still to go!
Clear skies,
Andy

[Quark]

Nice work all round here Andy an excellent set of data. This apparition it has been difficult to resolve small scale detail with RGB data. You really need exceptional G and particularly B data to make it happen.

[rustigsmed]

wow - that is awesome work andy!

[alan meehan]

Amazing shots of Saturn Andy thanks

[Dennis]

Such beautiful images of this captivating gas giant. Impressive detail.:)

Dennis

[Bobbyoutback]

Impressively superb ! :thumbsup:

[ahmed_haider]

Wow such amazing detail! Thanks for sharing!

[Dave882]

Wonderfully detailed captures. Those ring spikes are very interesting- I’ve not really seen this before I’ll have to read up on them!

[strongmanmike]

Wow, what a great data set Andy, you have showcased some great details and features, very cool :thumbsup:

Mike

[gregbradley]

Terrific images of Saturn there. You've really got that process down.

Greg.

[Tulloch]

Great job with the transit, very clear :)

[multiweb]

Very cool catch Andy. Well executed and superb result. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[graham.hobart]

Amazing!:eyepop:

[andyc]

Thank you everyone for your very kind words!

[flintzis]

Superb images!

[advgt2]

what an amazing photo of Saturn .. thanks for sharing.