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Saturn Image 2011/05/18(UT)
米山誠一,熊森照明,三品利郎,最上聡,小澤徳仁郎,池村俊彦,吉田知之,菅野清一,尾崎公一
David Gray,Efrain Morales Rivera,Paul G. Abel,Paolo Campaner,Ferruccio Zanotti,Gerald Stelmack
S.Yoneyama,T.Kumamori,T.Mishina,S.Mogami,D.Gray,T.Kozawa,E.Morales,T.Ikemura,T.Yoshida,P.Abel,S.Kanno,P.Campaner,F.Zanotti,K.Ozaki,G.Stelmack

Seiichi Yoneyama(248mm Newton)
10日ぶりに雲が無い夜が巡って来ました。

≪神奈川県横浜市  米山誠一≫

Teruaki Kumamori (280mm SC)
気持ちよく晴れましたが、シーイングはも一つでした。



≪大阪府堺市 熊森照明≫

Toshirou.Mishina (200mm Newtonian)

≪神奈川県  横浜市  三品利郎≫

Satoshi Mogami(305mm Newtonian)

[S.Mogami:Koto-Ward Tokyo-to Japan]
≪東京都江東区  最上 聡≫

David Gray (415mm Dall-Kirkham)
A pretty good view but seeing too poor from 21:35 UT.  The shadow of Tethys was
surprisingly well seen; but again Tethys itself eluded me - perhaps very
vaguely glimpsed after looking at WinJupos.......!!

[David Gray: Spennymoor Co. Durham,United Kingdom]

Kozawa Tokujiro(315mm Newtonian)

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

Efrain Morales Rivera(300mm SC)

[Efrain Morales Rivera  Aguadilla:Puerto Rico]

Toshihiko Ikemura (380mm Newton)

Use is free.
利用自由
[T.Ikemura Nagoya Aichi JAPAN]
≪愛知県名古屋市  池村俊彦≫

Tomoyuki Yoshida(300mm Dall-kirkham)

[吉田知之 Tomoyuki Yoshida:Utsunomiya,Tochigi,Japan]

Paul G. Abel(203mm reflector)
Attached is a Saturn observation I made (with Dr. Hugh Sasse from De Montford University) on 18th May 2011. Seeing was alas only average. That evening,when we arrived at the Observatory,Tethys had finished transiting disk but Mimas and it's shadow were still in transit. I believed I did glimpse Mimas in transit when the seeing stabilized,but the required seeing was only fleeting and so for this reason,I have not recorded my impressions of Mimas in transit,as it was only visible for a few moments. Having spoken to Martin Mobberley yesterday I feel reasonably confident that we did observe Mimas (and it seems that other veteran BAA observers have seen such events in the past with much smaller equipment...again thanks to Martin for sending me some interesting information on the subject.) Interestingly I could not see Tethys shadow (nor Mimas but I was expecting too!). Our overall impressions were as follows:
(a): Saturn.
SPR dark and dusky,I suspected two belts in the south,one was definitely the SEB. The ShRG is quite large now and provides a lvoely contrast against the EZ(s). Northern hemisphere was interesting- even though the centre of the main storm was off disk,it is apparent that the NTropZ and NTZ are still being effected. The NEB was double and I had the impression of a veil connecting the NEB(s) with NEB(n). There also seemed to be dark sections within the NEB(n). Also present were some light grayish-brown extenstions from NEB(n) down through the NTropZ into the NTB. NTZ was rather bright,but interestingly the greenish colour that I and other observers have been seeing seemed to be almost absent. A NPC was also present.
Filters: W80A all of the major zones (STZ,STropZ,EZ,NTropZ and NTZ) really stood out well in this filter. The B1-Ring was also very bright in this filter. It appeared that there were some brighter (oval shaped?) region in the NTropZ and NTZ.
In the W11,the belts seem to come out well,The A-Ring seemed light and the C-Ring may have been easier to see in this light

[Paul G. Abel:Leicester:United Kingdom]
Seiichi Kanno(300mm Newtonian)
この季節になっても、なかなかシーイングが良くなりません。

≪山形県上山市  菅野清一≫

Paolo Campaner (400mm Newton)
New Newto 400mm !
Resumption of the planet Saturn with average seeing,the great storm e dark spot
are visible in North emisphere. At left visible Tethys white spot
Paolo Campaner

[Paolo Campaner : Italy]

Ferruccio Zanotti (302mm Newtonian)



[Ferruccio Zanotti,Ferrara-Italy]

Kimikazu Ozaki(440mm Rfd)

[Ki.Ozaki,Sobue Inazawa Aichi JAPAN]
≪愛知県稲沢市祖父江町  尾崎公一≫

Gerald Stelmack(235 mm SC)

[G.Stelmack : Canada]

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