Saturn May 14th +63 anticyclone

[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi All,

Imaged Saturn May 14th in good seeing but the session was curtailed by the arrival of a considerable amount of cloud, sort of out of nowhere.

My 742nm IR data clearly resolves the approx +63 dark spot (anticyclone) that has been there since at least Jan 22nd.

Have attached a couple of animations that really do highlight the movement of the dark spot over 34 minutes of Saturn rotation.

Regards
Trevor

[ags_ (Phil)]

Excellent captures Trevor that dark spot appears long lived, it will be interesting to see it's progression during the current season

Regards, Phil

[kkara4 (Krishan)]

very nice Trevor. I will look for said spot in my IR channel images over the next few weeks