[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by Larryp

That's a great image, Ray. Lots of detail.

thanks Laurie

Originally Posted by Quark

Really nice Ray a top result for the conditions and I think a couple of spots. I believe there are 3 or 4 of these spots at the moment. Damian imaged 2 spots that were relatively close together back in December from Cyprus. its worth checking it out either on his website or on ALPO Japan Saturn section. The UTC, L3 of the spot and wind speed for the Lat (to establish the drift rate) are used to establish if any particular spot is new or the recovery of an existing feature.

The computer models looked promising for this morning out here although I was on the Nth edge of it and the reality turned out to be very poor, hard to see the CD even in IR, so I didn't capture any data. Reckon it is worth getting up any clear morning just to check regardless of the predictions, which seem to have ever increasing levels of unreliability.

Well done.
Regards
Trevor

thank Trevor. Will follow up and get back to posting stuff on the science oriented sites - but I haven't produced much of interest to anyone lately - that string of hot days really messed up seeing down this way. As you say, predictability has been rather absent lately. However, the higher altitude of Saturn is a real pleasure, even this early in the apparition

Originally Posted by Saturn%5

A very nice shot Ray, look foward to seeing more great saturns this season.

thanks Graeme - really looking forward to this apparition myself, should be some fine images from the southern hemisphere.

Originally Posted by prokyon

Very nice with great colors!

thanks Werner

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Lovely image Ray. Great colour and detail.

thanks Paul. as you know, its all down to seeing and it's nice when that works out better than expected.

regards Ray