Saturn Jan 19th RGB+IR+animation

Quark (Trevor) · #1 20-01-2011, 08:00 PM

Hi All,

Have just returned from holidays and am back into this amazing SED's related storm at Saturn.

Imaged Saturn this morning in reasonable seeing over a session lasting just under 2 hours.

Captured 5 RGB & 3 807nm IR data sets. It is interesting to see the spread in latitude of the very bright cores at the Western end of this most extensive structure.

Have attached 1 of the RGB & 807nm IR data sets along with an animation of the 5 RGB images.

Exciting times, indeed.

Thanks for looking.
Regards
Trevor

Matt Wastell (Matt) · #2 20-01-2011, 08:53 PM

Excellent show!
Thanks Trevor!

astroron (Ron) · #3 20-01-2011, 09:02 PM

Amazing stuff Trevor

I hope I get a chance to have a look at it with my refurbished mirror in the 16"
Cheers

samilag (Giuseppe) · #4 20-01-2011, 10:56 PM

Trevor, great saturn's pictures !!
in particular RGB picture with high quality of details

samilag
Italy weather: fog & fog from 1/1/2011 my last observation

michaellxv (Michael) · #5 21-01-2011, 12:02 AM

Fantastic image Trevor.

alexch (Alex) · #6 21-01-2011, 02:49 AM

Wonderful image! Is there any way to predict when the storm is visible from Earth?

Cheers,
Alex

Liz · #7 21-01-2011, 08:55 AM

Great image again Trevor!! The storm has really spread hasnt it.

Alex, this site has some times, and you add 15 hrs for AEST

http://lackawannaastronomicalsociety.org/?p=873

Quark (Trevor) · #8 21-01-2011, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

Excellent show!
Thanks Trevor!

Thanks Matt, pretty amazing structure really, Cassini has not seen anything to rival this previously.

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Originally Posted by astroron

Amazing stuff Trevor

I hope I get a chance to have a look at it with my refurbished mirror in the 16"
Cheers

Thanks Ron, I am sure your 16 will provide wonderful views of this truly incredible storm.

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Originally Posted by samilag

Trevor, great saturn's pictures !!
in particular RGB picture with high quality of details

samilag
Italy weather: fog & fog from 1/1/2011 my last observation

Thanks Giuseppe, I hope there is a break in the weather for you to see this monster storm.

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Originally Posted by michaellxv

Fantastic image Trevor.

Thanks very much Michaell.

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Originally Posted by alexch

Wonderful image! Is there any way to predict when the storm is visible from Earth?

Cheers,
Alex

Thanks very much Alex, this storm now extends about half way around Saturn but the brightest section, which also extends over a considerable range of longitude, is currently centred on a CMIII of approx 320 degrees. To see the face of Saturn that is in the image posted here you would need to observe Saturn Jan 23, 27, 31 etc. The storm is so extended that different sections of it are now visible on pairs of successive nights, Jan 23, 24, 27, 28, 31 Feb 1 etc.

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Originally Posted by Liz

Great image again Trevor!! The storm has really spread hasn't it.

Alex, this site has some times, and you add 15 hrs for AEST

http://lackawannaastronomicalsociety.org/?p=873

Thanks very much Liz, yes this storm is without precedence, lets hope it has a very long life. Maybe Saturn might end up with a belt similar to the NEB & SEB on Jupiter, at least for a short time.

Troy · #9 21-01-2011, 10:41 PM

Nice images Trevor. How massive is this storm now and it looks great

renormalised (Carl) · #10 22-01-2011, 12:02 AM

Great shots Trevor, and very good animation

Quark (Trevor) · #11 22-01-2011, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Troy

Nice images Trevor. How massive is this storm now and it looks great

Thanks Troy, just how lucky are we to have had the SEB revival on Jupiter followed by this monster storm on Saturn.

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Originally Posted by renormalised

Great shots Trevor, and very good animation

Thanks very much Carl, I think the animation really demonstrates quite well, the spread in latitude of the bright cells at the Western end of this amazing structure.

Rodstar (Rod) · #12 23-01-2011, 07:34 AM

Lovely images Trevor, wish I could hit a "speed up" button when I am observing visually to see all that detail as Saturn spins!

Lester · #13 23-01-2011, 08:50 AM

Thanks for the wonderful views Trevor. I appreciate it. All the best.

Shiraz (Ray) · #14 23-01-2011, 09:40 PM

wow - that is excellent quality. thanks for the view and welcome back.

iceman (Mike) · #15 24-01-2011, 08:56 AM

Beautiful image Trevor, what an amazing storm!

Paul Haese · #16 24-01-2011, 09:02 AM

Well done Trevor. Only thing I reckon that is a little off is the cassini division has some doubling on the left lower side. I think the registration of the planet might have misaligned one or two frames.

Nice image of the storm though and could only get better.

desler · #17 24-01-2011, 01:30 PM

Myself and everybody at work who just walked past as I was watching your animation is amazed. Lovely work Trevor!

Darreb

Quark (Trevor) · #18 24-01-2011, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Rodstar

Lovely images Trevor, wish I could hit a "speed up" button when I am observing visually to see all that detail as Saturn spins!

Thanks very much Rod, yeah, reckon that would be a pretty popular optional extra. Often the detail on Saturn is so subtle that it really can only be seen by utilizing animations. This particular storm, however, is without precedence.

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Originally Posted by Lester

Thanks for the wonderful views Trevor. I appreciate it. All the best.

Thank you Lester, I appreciate your comment.

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Originally Posted by Shiraz

wow - that is excellent quality. thanks for the view and welcome back.

Thanks very much Ray, I was a bit worried that I would miss the best of this storm while on holidays but it just keeps getting larger and brighter.

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Originally Posted by iceman

Beautiful image Trevor, what an amazing storm!

Thanks very much Mike, how lucky are we to have had the SEB revival on Jupiter followed so closely by this monster storm on Saturn. Planetary imaging heaven, I think.

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Well done Trevor. Only thing I reckon that is a little off is the cassini division has some doubling on the left lower side. I think the registration of the planet might have misaligned one or two frames.

Nice image of the storm though and could only get better.

Thanks very much Paul, yes, I see the distortion with the Cassini division. I was a bit surprised as all of my data was put through ninox prior to RegiStax V5. The seeing threatened to be good but just never got there. There was a bit of a shimmy from time to time, typical of the jetstream that never completely went away.

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Originally Posted by desler

Myself and everybody at work who just walked past as I was watching your animation is amazed. Lovely work Trevor!

Darreb

Thanks very much Darren, the animation clearly demonstrates the spread in latitude of the bright cells in the western end of the storm structure. I am glad it created some interest at your work place. I put a lot of effort into raising the profile of astronomy at the school & community level.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #19 24-01-2011, 07:15 PM

Now that is pretty awesome Trevor.

A master at work.

Derek Klepp · #20 24-01-2011, 07:30 PM

Thanks for the great shots Trevor its inspired me on several occassions to see if I can see the storm visually with my 10" scope no luck yet but tomorrow maybe lucky