Saturn July 31st in unexpectedly reasonable seeing

[Quark (Trevor)]

Imaged Saturn last night in quite unexpectedly reasonable seeing. The jetstream remains parked over me and I have included the jetstream chart from this session with my approx location marked in with a white "X".



Again there is a brighter high alt plume within the storm trail, I have measured it in WinJUPOS to be at approx CMIII 183 degrees. This plume is visible both in my RGB & 807nm IR data. Have attached 1 RGB & IR data set as well as animations of both data sets. The brighter plume comes up nicely in the animations.

I am very pleased with how the "C" ring came up in these images and there is even a hint of the Enke Gap. In the RGB's Tethys & Dione are above the rings on the right with Rhea below the rings on the right. In the 807nm IR images, as well as Tethys, Dione & Rhea, Enceladus is also just above the rings on the left.



I must say how pleased I am with the new custom optics in my scope, it is very pleasing to be getting results like this with such unfavorable jetstream conditions and bodes very well for what I will be able to produce over the next few years with Saturn coming ever further South.



Regards
Trevor

[icytailmark (Mark)]

so wish i could image saturn but im still waiting for the flea 3 GIGE camera to come out.

[Dennis]

Hello, Trevor

Well, it looks like you have challenged the laws of physics and won! A beautiful set of images and animations that shows your new telescope can indeed tame the jet stream.

A lot of hard work goes into producing such high quality material, thanks for the lovely views!

Cheers

Dennis

[DavidU (Dave)]

Awesome !

[Paul Haese]

I pay little if any attention to the jet predictions these days. Often the presence of the jet can go completely undetected whilst imaging. That flag waving stuff, as well as the impossible to focus event is a sure sign it is there. Today whilst imaging the Sun (processing now) it was present to some degree but dropping in and out.

Having said all this, the images look good Trev. Any Jupiter images? I am waiting patiently for a night of good seeing to get out again. Perhaps tonight.

[Lester]

Outstanding views Trevor. All the best.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by icytailmark

so wish i could image saturn but im still waiting for the flea 3 GIGE camera to come out.

The Flea3 is certainly a most competent tool for planetary imaging Mark. I look forward to when they put it out as USB 3.0.

Originally Posted by Dennis

Hello, Trevor

Well, it looks like you have challenged the laws of physics and won! A beautiful set of images and animations that shows your new telescope can indeed tame the jet stream.

A lot of hard work goes into producing such high quality material, thanks for the lovely views!

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks very much Dennis, I think the image stabilized just frequently enough to grab enough good frames to make the image.

Originally Posted by DavidU

Awesome !

Thanks very much David.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

I pay little if any attention to the jet predictions these days. Often the presence of the jet can go completely undetected whilst imaging. That flag waving stuff, as well as the impossible to focus event is a sure sign it is there. Today whilst imaging the Sun (processing now) it was present to some degree but dropping in and out.

Having said all this, the images look good Trev. Any Jupiter images? I am waiting patiently for a night of good seeing to get out again. Perhaps tonight.

Thanks Paul, your Solar imaging sounds a lot like it was for me last night. Not so much flag waving, but a very high frequency flutter that would come and go. When it did settle the live feed looked really nice.

I was able to get enough good frames to be able to stack between 1000 & 1300 frames per channel, that said, the majority of the frames that I threw away looked pretty crook.

I thought it may have been a good night as it had been clear all day and the sky was a really nice deep blue and there was not a breath of wind.

As for Jup, my window of opportunity for Saturn is closing and I really do want to put all of my efforts into it. When I have finished with Saturn I will get into Jupiter.

Originally Posted by Lester

Outstanding views Trevor. All the best.

Thanks very much Lester.

[John Hothersall]

Did not think it would be possible to get that quality. Was going to say 'where is the storm' but the animation brings it to life.

John.

[asimov (John)]

Great images Trevor!

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Beauty Trevor - amazing storm detail. regards Ray

[michaellxv (Michael)]

Fantastic Trevor. Thanks.

[Clayton]

Very nice Trevor

[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

Did not think it would be possible to get that quality. Was going to say 'where is the storm' but the animation brings it to life.

John.

Thanks very much John, the level of SED's activity has dropped significantly but still remains active in more isolated pockets.

Originally Posted by asimov

Great images Trevor!

Thanks very much Asi.

Originally Posted by Shiraz

Beauty Trevor - amazing storm detail. regards Ray

Thanks very much Ray and congratulations on your most recent Saturn, a top effort.

Originally Posted by michaellxv

Fantastic Trevor. Thanks.

Thanks very much Michael.

Originally Posted by Clayton

Very nice Trevor

Thanks very much Rob.

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by Quark

As for Jup, my window of opportunity for Saturn is closing and I really do want to put all of my efforts into it. When I have finished with Saturn I will get into Jupiter.

With the way the seeing has been in the last year or so, I am inclined to wait until spring when the high pressures should drop to my neck of the woods. The Jet stream has been relentless the last couple of months, so getting up early and checking out a blob with two bands on it is not tempting. I get what you mean though, I am finding it hard at present to do Deep sky, Solar, lunar and planetary each week. Not enough hours in the day and I have to earn a living in between too.

You are still on though mate. I will come up when the seeing starts at your end.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

With the way the seeing has been in the last year or so, I am inclined to wait until spring when the high pressures should drop to my neck of the woods. The Jet stream has been relentless the last couple of months, so getting up early and checking out a blob with two bands on it is not tempting. I get what you mean though, I am finding it hard at present to do Deep sky, Solar, lunar and planetary each week. Not enough hours in the day and I have to earn a living in between too.

You are still on though mate. I will come up when the seeing starts at your end.

No probs Paul, was talking to Bird just the other day and he is also keen on another visit. Just had a look with "The Sky" and by the end of Sept Jup will be at 45 degrees alt by 2 am local.