視直径が小さくなってきたせいか、あまり良い画像は得られなくなってきた。
シーイングだけのせいでもないような気がする。
[Kenkichi Yunoki  (Sakai City  Japan)]
≪大阪府  堺市  柚木健吉≫

2004/03/31
00:28:00 - 00:30:00 UT
C.M.:  178.8 (sys I) 15.7 (sys II)   18.3"  Diameter
127mm Maksutov-Newtonian operating at 3800mm F.L.
ToUCam pro webcam, 446 frames stacked
Seeing: 8/10 Trans 6/10
Excellent detail at 254x visual, with S. polar region and bands visible.
Seeing at least 8/10 based on Pickering method. transparency starting at
00 UT 8/10,
deteriorating quickly with thin clouds moving in- clouded out by 00:40
UT
Cassini division and different brightness variations visible across B
ring, darker gap in C ring (although not Enke gap). Crepe ring visible.

[ Sean Walker Methuen, Massachusetts, U.S.A]

ALPO-Japan Latest Saturn Section