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Old 30-08-2023, 05:26 PM
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Quark (Trevor)
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Saturn August 23rd in good seeing.

Imaged Saturn August 23rd in good to very good seeing, have data covering 4 hrs of Saturn rotation.
All 29 data sets have been uploaded to PVOL with with links here to the animations.

Detail resolved in these data.
A compact bright spot at approx Lat+65.5 L3 278.9 resolved in IR and R data.
A bright oval in NTeZ impinging up into the NTeB at approx Lat+45.5 L3 335.4 resolved in IR and R data.
A large low contrast light feature best seen in data near the CM at approx Lat+30.7 L3 27.8 resolved in IR data.
A large white oval at approx Lat+30.2 L3 312.3 resolved in R and RGB data.
A compact bright spot in the EZ at approx Lat+11.7 L1 44 resolved in CH4 data.
A large low contrast light spot in the EZ at approx Lat+8.1 L1 105.2 resolved in IR and R data.
A compact bright spot on edge of ring shadow at approx Lat-19.2 L1 123.4 resolved in IR and R data.
A compact bright spot on edge of ring shadow at approx Lat-18.2 L1 82.2 resolved in R data.
A pair of compact bright spots at approx Lat-24.7 L3 272.2 and L3 280.1 resolved in IR data.
I have marked the western edge of a lighter linear feature that has formed in the SEB at approx Lat-26 L3 286.4 extending eastward to approx L3 256.6 resolved in R and RGB data.
I note a series of bright spots at approx Lat-31 and have marked one of them at approx Lat-31.4 L3 358.2 resolved in R data.
A bright spot at approx Lat-51 L3 306.6 resolved in R and RGB data.
The long lived red spot at approx Lat-56.4 L3 31.1 resolved in IR and R data.

http://pvol2.ehu.eus/pvolimages/satu...85nmIR_tba.gif

http://pvol2.ehu.eus/pvolimages/satu...4-20_r_tba.gif

http://pvol2.ehu.eus/pvolimages/satu...41_rgb_tba.gif

http://pvol2.ehu.eus/pvolimages/satu...13_CH4_tba.gif

Regards
Trevor
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