Saturn April 24th & 25th

[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi All,

Imaged Saturn April 24th & 25th. April 24th was in fair seeing and nothing really jumps out at me in the data although there are some diffuse white spots in the NEB.

Captured data over a 3 hr session April 25th, the seeing was quite reasonable early then went west before stabilizing just in time to image the dark spot.



Of interest in my first data set is a quite bright, concentrated spot in the EZ. I have imaged this previously and it is included in my spread sheet, in the same data set is a bright spot in the NEB.



Have included a R channel animation, only 3 frames over the 3 hours. The bright EZ spot can be seen close to the P limb, the bright NEB spot pops in and out approx midway between the F limb & the CM while the dark spot down on the storm remnant is in the final 2 of 3 frames and moves from the F side to the CM. The dark spot also shows up nicely in the polar projections of the R & IR data.

Thanks for looking .


Regards
Trevor

[Quark (Trevor)]

April 24th

[Paul Haese]

Nice images Trev. I really like your colouring. Must be those Astrodons.

[Derek Klepp]

Always enjoy these Trevor.In the 16" I can just make out a slightly yellow hue when the seeing is good.Its a good thing your not up here .Very few clear nights in the last three months.

[EricB (Eric)]

Great images Trevor!

Eric

[Solar (Ralph Smith)]

The 16" give a nice image, very pleasing to look at.

[John Hothersall]

Very smooth Reds and IR, seeing has been bad in SE Qld but may try tomorrow. Interesting spots, shame seeing varies so much during a session.

John.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Awesome Trev, the top set are very sharp..

[Quark (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

Awesome Trev, the top set are very sharp..

Thanks David, still have not snagged a night of very good seeing this apparition for a really hi res result but as long as I can resolve the target detail I am after I am happy.

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

Very smooth Reds and IR, seeing has been bad in SE Qld but may try tomorrow. Interesting spots, shame seeing varies so much during a session.

John.

Thanks John, the variability in conditions is a pain, normally out here the seeing holds up quite well but on this night it swung considerably over the 3 hours of the session.

Originally Posted by Solar

The 16" give a nice image, very pleasing to look at.

Thanks Ralph, a large aperture certainly helps for planetary imaging.

Originally Posted by EricB

Great images Trevor!

Eric

Thanks Eric.

Originally Posted by Derek Klepp

Always enjoy these Trevor.In the 16" I can just make out a slightly yellow hue when the seeing is good.Its a good thing your not up here .Very few clear nights in the last three months.

Thanks Derek, we get a considerable number of clear nights out here at Broken Hill, although this year many of those clear nights have been spoiled by the jetstream.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice images Trev. I really like your colouring. Must be those Astrodons.

Thanks Paul, yes, I really do like the Astrodons.

[allan gould]

I love being able to see the planet through the Cassini division and also the c ring on the planet and in the ring gaps.
Allan

[U.K.Cowboy (Stuart)]

[Troy]

Nice images Trevor

[Shiraz (Ray)]

nice data Trevor. regards ray