Observation by Peter Tickner: Saturn oval and spoke animation

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2026 Oct 02 - 22:50

Uploaded

2026 Oct 05 - 17:35

Objects

Saturn

Equipment

Player One Uranus-M
Optalong 685 nm long pass filter
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 spoke and storm

Title

Saturn oval and spoke animation

About this image

This animation of Saturn showing a spoke moving in the B ring (left as you look at it) and a white oval moving in the southern hemisphere to the right is an animation of four stacks of videos covering 60minutes of Saturn rotation on 2nd October.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

ca2026-10-02-2222_1-Saturn_685 Optalong_lapl7_ap7-IR 2217-2226_pipp.gif (118.8 kB)

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