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Saturn Image 2014/03/07(UT)
Xavier Dupont,Trevor Barry
X.Dupont,T.Barry
Xavier Dupont (180mm Newtonian) |
Saturne 2014/03/07
Newton 180 F7 Barlow TV x3
ADC I-Nova PLAC+
[Xavier Dupont,Saint-Roch France]
Trevor Barry(406mm Newtonian) |
Targeted the far North dark spots this morning. Have again captured the spot at approx +63 degrees.
The spot that I imaged March 3rd that was on the Southern edge of the dark collar of material surrounding the hex seems to be drifting at quite some rate. I see that the zonal wind velocity at +63 is approx 60 m/s. March 3rd it was at approx Lat 62.4 L3 44,6 This morning, March 7th it was at approx Lat 62.7 L3 352.5 so has drifted 52 degrees in 4 days.
The dark spot is best seen in my IR data set from March 7th 18:04 UTC where it is just to the F side of the CM. I have attached an animation to this message, it is 4 frames over 1 hr 23 min's, the dark spot can be seen quite readily in the animation.







[Trevor Barry:Broken Hill:Australia]