Saturn Jan30

[Shiraz]

Seeing was a bit above the recent average, but very variable. Took longer than normal sequences and threw away a lot in the stacking to get one fair result. Resolution is not outstanding, but it seems that this part of the storm is less pronounced than it was - as Trevor has noted. Thanks for looking.

[von Tom]

Nice view of the head of the storm Ray.

Tom

[Lester]

Thanks for the view Ray, nice one.

[iceman]

Nice image ray, well done.

[Shiraz]

Tom, Lester, Mike

thanks very much for your comments. Regards Ray

[Quark]

Looking good Ray, I really do hope that this apparent drop off in the brightness is more a reflection on the quality of the seeing than changes in the intrinsic brightness of the storm. I note that Bird had some reasonable seeing Jan 31 and the storm still looked pretty bright then.

Well done
Regards
Trevor

[Shiraz]

Hi Trevor. Maybe it is only lower in contrast as it moves away from the Central Meridian and approaches the limb? I think that a dulling of features as they move to the east of CM can also be seen in your animation of the 24th - the contrast looks highest when features are central or on western side of the CM ie, a drop in contrast to the east of CM may simply indicate that the storm surface has lower effective reflectivity at some combinations of illumination/reflection angle than others. This is probably quite reasonable if it is composed of ice crystals aligned by a jetstream. Regards Ray

[Troy]

Nice image Ray, very clear :)

[Shiraz]

Hi Troy. Thanks for your comments. Regards Ray

[Clayton]

My initial response was "Nice image Ray"
But several people beat me to the punch :)
However it is still a nice image, and well done!

[asimov]

Nice job Ray.

[Shiraz]

Hi Rob
Hi John
thanks very much for your comments
regards Ray

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Ray
That is a very good image - well done on it!

[UniPol]

Great image.

[Shiraz]

Hi Matt Thanks for your coments.

Hi Steve. Thanks

regards Ray