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Object Saturn
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Observer Trevor Barry
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Comments: Imaged Saturn August 8th in good seeing, have very good data across all wavelengths covering 1 1/2 hours of Saturn rotation. Have well resolved small scale detail from the pole to the edge of the ring shadow. Highlights of the 685nm IR data include, a small bright polar spot at approx Lat+72.1 L3 42.6 along with a mid latitude bright spot at approx Lat+30.3 L3 4.9. There is considerable detail and structure resolved within the EZ including a quite eye catching prominent bright spot with well defined dark features immediately preceding and following it at approx Lat+6.8 L1 342.2. There are strings of bright spots and I have marked some of the more prominent examples at approx Lat+0.7 L1 322.2 and Lat+1.7 L1 340.2 The R channel data also well resolves the polar bright spot while the R and RGB data well resolve the EZ structure. The R channel data also resolves another bright EZ spot at approx Lat+.6 L1 319.8 while the G channel data well resolves the mid latitude bright spot. The 685nm IR and RGB animations well present the EZ structure.

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Observation 1
Feature(s) N/A
Filter(s) b
Date 2021-08-08 14:23:06
Julian day 2459435.0993055557
System I 349.05212°
System II N/A
System III 39.16961°
Illumination 100.0%
Phase angle 0.6000000238418579°
Solar longitude 16.4°
Eq. diameter 18.51″
Derotation 0.0 min