Saturn & Jupiter May 29th 2011

[Quark]

Hi All,

Imaged some bright spots within the storm in fair to reasonable seeing, had intermittent computer problems that resulted in capturing mostly "R" channel

Have attached RGB, R & 807 nm IR data including a link to an animation of all the "R" channel data which highlights the structure nicely.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/20110529SatRanim.gif (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/20110529SatRanim.gif)

Also imaged Jupiter, the seeing for it was poor so close to the horizon which greatly effected the RGB data but have some discernible detail in 807nm IR. The SEB is most certainly fully reformed and is quite wide, considerably wider then the NEB, the GRS is on the limb.

Thanks for looking
Regards
Trevor

[Dennis]

Hello, Trevor

That is a lovely animation of Saturn. These animations are quite mesmerising, dramatically conveying the dynamics of the various systems of these gas giants. Top work as usual.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[Lester]

Thanks for the views Trevor. Good to see the features of Jupiter again with 2 EQ belts. All the best.

[Clayton]

Nice lot Trevor. Saturn still showing plenty of detail. Nice to see Jupiter again, shame about the seeing :(

[von Tom]

Nice work with Saturn and Jupiter Tevor - especially considering the seeing! Great to see Jupiter on its way back.

Tom

[Quark]

Thanks all for your comments.

Animating data really highlights fainter structure that is often missed when just looking at the stills.

Exciting things are happening with the storm on Saturn. Over the last week or so the bright beacons first detected with the VLT in January have become visible in all thermal wavelengths and may develop visible light counterparts in hi-res amateur images. This makes the imaging of any current bright spots of great scientific importance.

[John Hothersall]

Those Saturns are very good and you can see the storm breaking up but still with good contrast in places. The IR Jupiter is still very good if a bit early but 807nm does cut through the turbulence, showing phase on left of disc.

John.

[Troy]

Good images Trevor. I am amazed how quickly Jupiter changes :)