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Originally Posted by StephenM
Great stuff Trevor! Are you the first imager to identify the source of the outburst? It sounds like a really rewarding collaboration you have going.
Cheers,
Stephen
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Thanks Stephen, apparently not the first, Georg says that Chris Go and Tomio Akutsu from the Philippines have also imaged it. The group that Georg relies on includes, Ralf Vandebergh from the Netherlands, Marc Delcroix from France, Chris Go from the Philippines with Bird and myself from Australia.
Now that this storm has been identified the hard work begins, we will track it to follow how its morphology changes. My experience with these storms is that the brightness often fluctuates and I have seen them even split into multiple smaller storm cells, it is all very interesting.
The first storm that I tracked for Georg lasted for 7 months and I imaged it 169 times. This is where the number of clear nights I get out here in the bush is of such importance. And yes this collaboration is most rewarding, back in 2008 NASA put out a media release naming the members of out group and acknowledging our contribution to the Cassini mission, that certainly made me feel very proud and Georg is a really nice bloke to work with. Numerous times he has sent me research papers he has written to help me get a feel for what is driving these storms.