Observation by Peter Tickner: Saturn small storm animation

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2023 Aug 17 - 00:20

Uploaded

2023 Aug 18 - 22:42

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

Player One Uranus-C
Astronomik 742 nm IR pass filter
ADC
2.5x PowerMate
14inch f/10 LX200ACF SCT
EQ8 mount

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Saturn - oval storm animation

Title

Saturn small storm animation

About this image

This short GIF covering 40 minutes of Saturn in IR shows a storm feature in the southern hemisphere rotating with Saturn. I've deliberately over-sharpened Saturn to bring out the feature more clearly. First detected in the Southern hemisphere this year a few weeks ago, it is known as the '55' storm as it rotates at around 55 degrees South on Saturn.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

a2023-08-17-0011_6-Peter-uc +2pt5x ADC IR first to 16_pipp.gif (112.9 kB)

Like this image

Graham Winstanley, Simon Dawes, Tim Haymes, Jim Tomney, Mike Foulkes

Comments

Mike Foulkes, 2023 Aug 30 - 18:03 UTC

This is relatively long lived feature which has been detected in high res images for much of this apparition.

Regards

Mike

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