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Saturn Image 2010/12/11(UT)
柚木健吉,小澤徳仁郎
Marc Delcroix,Javier Beltran Jovani
K.Yunoki,T.Kozawa,M.Delcroix,Javier

Kenkichi.Yunoki (260mm Newtonian)
今シーズン初めての土星です。カラーカメラの設定を間違えモノクロのみです。
この辺りには白斑は無い様です。

[Kenkichi Yunoki (Sakai City Japan)]
≪大阪府 堺市 柚木健吉≫
Kozawa Tokujiro(315mm Newtonian)

(Kozawa Tokujiro : Hachiouji-City Tokyo Japan)
≪小澤徳仁郎:東京都八王子市≫

Marc Delcroix (254mm SC)
Under correct and cold (-3°C) conditions (except for the chimney smoke spoiling some images),that's an excellent start for this apparition
My measures on the storm on this image,and Anthony's,leads to a longitude around 255°,and a planetocentric latitude around 33/33.5°.
I suspect a white spot on a northern latitude close to the storm,but it's hard to say if its real or artifact.
I'm amazed by the brightness of this storm,the brighter spot I've seen on Saturn which is the first one since 2006 i can see clearly on the raw frames during acquisition. I wonder if this brightness is due to the fact that this is the first storm in the north hemisphere that we





[Marc Delcroix Tournefeuille,France]
Javier Beltran Jovani(?mm SCT)

[Javier Beltran Jovani:Castellon-Spain]

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