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Originally Posted by Kevnool
Hey all were stoked here in Broken Hill as our fellow IIS member Trevor Barry (aka Quark) has captured images of a massive storm on Saturn whilst imaging and has been recognised by the cassini team.The Cassini team has named Trevor in there latest press release, so from me well done Trevor maybe you,ll post the images http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=4963  |
Hi Kev,
Thanks, it was very kind of the Cassini RPWS team to recognise the contribution of amateurs to their project. I have attached a GIF animation representing 57 minutes of the rotation of the planet, storm and moons.
North is on top and East is to the right. From the bottom of frame the moons are Titan, Rhea and Tethys.
This was my first attempt at RGB imaging with the DMK monochrome CCD and I need some practice to get the colour balance right. All of my previous work on this project was with my ToUcam. My main focus has been on maximising the contrast between the storm and the atmosphere as the morphology of the storm is what Georg is interested in, not pretty pictures, although my aim is to provide both after I have more experience with this setup.
Didn't realise it but Dione is also in the GIF way out on the far right.
Regards
Trevor