Saturn March 12th in good seeing

[Quark]

Hi All,

The predictions all pointed to good seeing this morning so I was up at 12:30pm local and imaged Saturn over a 2 hr 20 min session of good seeing.

In an attempt to hi-light the structure in the tail of the storm I have been more heavy handed with the sharpening than I would have like.

Captured 5 RGB & 807nm IR data sets and have attached links to animations, both RGB & 807nm IR.
In the animations Dione & Tethys can also be seen, look at the still images posted here to identify them. Enceladus is also in some of these images but is very faint.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/20110312SatRGBanim.gif

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/20110312SatIRanim.gif

Have not had much sleep in the last 48 hrs and am starting to feel the pinch, must be getting old.

Thanks for looking
Regards
Trevor

[icytailmark]

great work trevor hopefully when i get my c14 i can take pictures this good

[Quark]

Thanks Mark, the C14 is a top instrument used by some of the best planetary imagers around the world so I am sure it will work well for you also.


As an addition to the data I sent yesterday, I also noticed a faint plume in storm alley South that I have hi-lighted in these 2 RGB data sets.

This faint Southern plume is close to the CM at 16:56 UTC. Previously on Feb 22nd I sent in an R channel image that also had a faint Southern plume but the seeing was not good for that capture. This particular plume is at a very different CMIII.

Regards
Trevor

[Clayton]

Top stuff Trevor, 3rd is my fav followed by 7th.
I don't mind the extra grain to much

[Lester]

Wonderful images Trevor, thanks for the views. I will have to brighten my screen, as Enceladus doesn't show, and the others just. All the best.

[Paul Haese]

Nice Trevor, excellent detail.

[Troy]

Very nice set of pictures Trevor :)

[Quark]

Thanks very much Rob, I reckon images look pretty gruesome when they have been over sharpened, they can end up with incredibly ugly double edges on one side and with Saturn also on one ansae. A mate of mine in the UK refers to them as edgeifacts. These show more grain than I would normally go with but my main aim was to produce measurable detail within this fainter section of the storm trail.



Thanks very much Lester, I should really have processed the Moons separately but just didn't have the time, they are faint for sure.



Thanks very much Paul.



Thanks very much Troy.

[Shiraz]

More really top quality images Trevor. Hey, don't start feeling old just yet mate - we need you to keep up a heroic schedule so we can find out what is going on out there. Regards Ray

[Matt Wastell]

Great images Trevor - again, thanks for your efforts and constant updates!

[Quark]

Thanks very much Matt, there is just so much happening within this storm and also elsewhere in Saturns atmosphere.



Thanks very much Ray, here in the outback we are having a run of unsettled weather that is giving me a bit of a break with my imaging, a chance to recharge the batteries so to speak. The big 6 zero looms latter this year but I suppose it is just another number.