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Originally Posted by iceman
I fixed up the URL, Trevor.
Nice animation - I had to squint but once I found the storm I could clearly see it.
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Thanks for that Mike,
You can imagine how difficult it is to spot the storm in the individual still images. The last storm earlier in the year was very easy to spot due to the higher altitude of Saturn and that storm really was a monster.
It is obviously a bigger challenge to detect smaller features with amateur equipment, that said, I am becoming quite adept at sensing the presence of these small structures
The storm is in the 3 RGB images that I posted previously but the green and especially the blue channels smother the fine detail in the red channel. As Saturn rises higher this will become less of a problem and if this storm continues then I am sure we will see some very nice RGB images of it over the ensuing months.
When I study my images during processing I find it helpful to concentrate on the region, in this case (Storm Alley) the Lat 35 Sth region and move my head from side to side trying to pick out the barest hint of structure. You really need a sequence of images, 10 minute intervals seems to work very well, to have relevant comparison images. Looking for the movement from west to east in consecutive frames for the presence of storm structure.
Regards
Trevor