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Object Saturn
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Observer Trevor Barry
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Comments: Imaged Saturn September 7th in good seeing, these data are up there with the best I have produced this apparition. The 685nm IR data is exceptional, the Methane and R very good while G and B were good. There is a plethora of small scale detail resolved from the pole to the ring shadow. The IR, as always, resolves most of the available detail while R and RGB resolve detail but to a lesser degree. I have measured and marked the most prominent of the detail but the animations clearly reveal even more. The IR data resolves the long lived coupled pair of bright spots on the edge of the NPR are at approx Lat+64.8 L3 201.3 and Lat+63.1 L3 213.4. Mid latitude bright spots at approx Lat+32.8 L3 120.6, Lat+29.7 L3 149.3. The IR also resolves a large diffuse bright spot in the NEB the diameter of this feature covers the width of the NEB at approx Lat+19.1 L3 145.5. The IR resolves considerable detail and structure in the EZ with the most prominent being a very bright plume at approx Lat+9.6 L1 5.0 and another bright spot Lat+0.1 L1 345.1. The R channel data resolves a mid latitude bright spot not resolved in IR at approx Lat+30 L3 162 the R data also resolves the bright EZ plume along with a compact bright spot on the very edge of the ring shadow at approx Lat-4.9 L1 14.1. The RGB resolves the mid latitude bright spot seen in the R data along with another at Lat+29.4 L3 111 and also resolves the very bright plume in the EZ. The Methane data resolves a string of bright spots in the EZ, I have marked three of them but there are at least six. When preparing the individual IR, R and RGB data sets I have taken great care to place the insets included with them in precisely the same relative location so any of the IR or R or RGB data sets can be blinked such that the movement of the marked detail within the insets can be tracked from one data set to another. Have included animations in 685nm IR, CH4, R and RGB along with 685nm IR and RGB polar animations.

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Observation 1
Feature(s) N/A
Filter(s) ir
Date 2021-09-07 12:10:06
Julian day 2459465.0069444445
System I 41.071663°
System II N/A
System III 169.18376°
Illumination 99.9%
Phase angle 3.5°
Solar longitude 17.3°
Eq. diameter 18.15″
Derotation 0.0 min