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Saturn Image 2011/03/07(UT)
阿久津富夫
David Gray,Paul G. Abel,Gianluca Bianchi,Sadegh ghomizadeh,Marc Delcroix
D.Gray,P.Abel,T.Akutsu,G.Bianchi,Sadegh.GH,M.Delcroix

David Gray (415mm Dall-Kirkham)

[David Gray: Spennymoor Co. Durham,United Kingdom]
Paul G. Abel(203mm reflector)
Here's an observation of Saturn I made last night.  I had planned to make a
sectional drawing of the storms and do some filter and intensity work,but alas
I was defeated by clouds.

Most interesting,the southern edge of NEB(s) was not regular,and there were a
number of darker sections present.  The region from NTropZ northwards had a
distinctly greenish hue to it.  The rings were also of interest- the A-Ring on
the following side of the ansae was a distinct light pastel blue colour,while
on the proc. side it was the usual greyish colour.  The C-Ring too was not
uniform and appeared to be at it's brightest in the centre.  ShRG is present and
visible through the C-Ring.

Hopefully,tonight's forecasted clear night will last a little longer!

[Paul G. Abel:Leicester:United Kingdom]

Tomio Akutsu (355mm SC)
夜中、蚊に刺され起こされました。
窓からは星が見え、眠れず土星を見ました。III=200°以降は淡いですが白斑が連鎖し、この緯度がやや暗いのか浮き立って見えます。
眼視でも何とか見えます。



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Gianluca Bianchi(102mm Maksutov)
2011/03/07 21.11:34 UT
cm 335.05  RA 13:02:32 DEC -03 45
Magn 0.5 DIAM 19.1 DISTANCE8.726 AU
ILLUMINATION 99.9 POLE INCLINATION 9.6
102 mm Maksutov,f/39,barlow 3x
neximage
seeing 3-4/10 transp 5/10
I think it can be a good result for my little telescope,it was the first time i
can capture some details on saturn's surface.

[Gianluca Bianchi:Modena ITALY]

Sadegh ghomizadeh (235mm SC)
very bad condition

[Sadegh ghomizadeh: Tehran IRAN ]

Marc Delcroix (254mm SC)
- An animation of 4 R+IR images (taken with FireCapture and Genika), which shows the complex storm along Saturn's rotation, 2 possible spokes in the right ansae of B ring (measures on 3 images seem coherent, showing the details rotating in synchronisation with Saturn's magnetic field) :
- All of the images, with the white spot in SEB south of the Storm on the 1st RGB. The storm zone is bright in UV, and the maps in color and R+IR show better the structure, especially the south tail which circle Saturn and touches back the head of the storm on the western edge. I have included also close-ups of the spokes candidates:
- For the eyes only, montage with Saturne in RGB and brightness reinforced satellites in R+IR (from left to right Rhea, Enceladus, Saturn, Tethys and Dione, and Mimas):







[Marc Delcroix Tournefeuille,France]
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