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Saturn Image 2002/01/20(UT)

Maurizio Di Sciullo,Clay Sherrod

M.D.Sciullo,C.Sherrod

Maurizio Di Sciullo(250mm Excelsior Optics Newtonian . Experimental CCD Camera.)

Hello Friends,
Withall the attention that Jupiter's been getting, I decided to have a quick look at Saturn the other night.
What I saw surprised me a bit.
There seems to be a definite dark patch on Saturn's south pole,with a lighter area around it.
What has me puzzled is that the lighter area did not seem to be perfectly circular, but my averaging of many frames across 10 minutes has blurred it into appearing circular.
Any thoughts, gentlemen?
Best,
Maurizio
Acquisition info;
E-258 (250mm Newtonian) working at f/75 with Starlight Xpress HX-916 CCD Camera operating in 2x2 binned mode (13.6? pixel).
True Technologies Cyan and Yellow dichroic filters, with magenta component extrapolated through averaging/reduction of cyan and yellow data.
Seeing; good, 7/10

[ Maurizio Di Sciullo Coconut Creak Florida USA ]
Clay Sherrod(E-258 (250mm Newtonian. Starlight Xpress HX-916 CCD Camera.) 

Acquisition info;
E-258 (250mm Newtonian) working at f/75 with Starlight Xpress HX-916 CCD Camera
operating in 2x2 binned mode (13.6? pixel).  True Technologies Cyan and Yellow dichroic
ilters, with magenta component extrapolated through averaging/reduction of cyan and
yellow data.
Seeing;  good, 7/10
  Dr. P. Clay Sherrod

[ Clay Sherrod  Arkansas Sky Observatory ]







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