Observation by Peter Tickner: Saturn's storms

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2026 Sep 12 - 01:25

Uploaded

2026 Sep 13 - 17:18

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

Player One Uranus-M
Sunobserver eADC
Siebert 1.3x Ultra Barlow
TS 3x Barlow
12inch f/5 Newtonian
Mesu E200 Mk 2 Mount

Location

urban Berkshire

Target name

Saturn storms

Title

Saturn's storms

About this image

This is an animated GIF of three images between 01:07 and 01:42 UT. Despite only still having the 12inch Newt on loan while awaiting the return from Orion of my 18inch scope, the 12inch did an excellent job as I hit the best seeing of the night around either side of my local meridian. In the three images three quite different features clearly move. Firstly to your left note spoke movement in the rings. Then the southern hemisphere of Saturn. A white oval comes into view in the middle of the hemisphere. But look at the dark region around the South pole. That shows storm movement in the images, the most I've noted so far.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

ca2026-09-12-0102_9-Saturn_685 Optalong_lapl7_ap6-IR2 0100-0107_pipp.gif (53.6 kB)

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