Saturn September 9th

[Quark]

Hi All,

Imaged Saturn very early this evening, have reasonable R & 742nm IR data along with a rather poor RGB due to just how bad the G & B channels were.

This will probably be my final images of Saturn for this apparition as it is now sinking into a nearby Palm tree. The IR image was at 28 degrees Alt.
This year has seemed to have been less than great, weather wise for Saturn, however I just checked over on PVOL and these make 302 Saturn images since January 1st this year for me.
Guess it has not been as bad a year for Saturn as I first thought.

Regards
Trevor

[Shiraz]

really good results again Trevor - looks like it was waaay better than down here.
You sure have done well this season, despite the patchy seeing. Your published images with the new system have been uniformly high quality and the best ones were exceptional - a valuable contribution to outer-planets science. Regards Ray

[Dennis]

Hi Trevor

I always love seeing your amazing planetary images and even though I’m getting a tad lazy and don’t always find the time to comment on each one (302 – gulp!), none the less they are much appreciated and enjoyed as I drool over the sheer volume and quality of your prodigious output.:thumbsup:

I still cannot figure out where you manage to get the time to sleep!:)

Cheers

Dennis

[Quark]

Thanks very much Ray, it has been most intriguing following the evolution of last years great storm remnant and also the SED's outburst in March/April. Having a role in identifying the source of the SED's has been a hi light for me this year with recognition as co-author of a paper to be presented in Madrid in a couple of weeks time at the 2012 European Planetary Science Congress and also this coming December in San Francisco at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting with a similar paper and again included as a co-author.



Thanks very much Dennis, given good conditions I have this compulsion to capture Saturn data, especially so when events of scientific interest are happening, which really has reached a peak over the last couple of years. As far as sleep is concerned, I have at times managed up to 72 hrs without any, I just go onto autopilot. Mind you, at times like that I become very single minded on what I am doing, it is impossible to have a sensible conversation with me. At least that's what my dear wife would probably say.

[Derek Klepp]

Last they may be Trevor but I have enjoyed them.
Cheers Derek