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Object Saturn
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URL s2019-04-06_18-58_685nmIR_tba.gif
Observer Trevor Barry
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Comments: Saturn April 6th 2019 in good seeing, my best data thus far this apparition. North Polar Storm linear feature extending from limb to limb at approx Lat+64 degrees. In places a chain of individual bright cells while elsewhere seeming to be continuous. I measure individual bright cells extending from the F limb to be at, approx Lat+63.9 L3 346.2, Lat+65.1 L3 333.1, Lat+64.6 L3 307.9, Lat+64.2 L3 281.3; note the image I used to make these measurements was s2019-04-06_18-32_ir_tba the zoom function within WinJUPOS was set at 2.05. The 685nm-Pass IR animation really highlights the linear component of the storm at approx Lat+64 but also hints at more widespread features between the Southern edge of the polar collar and the edge of the North Polar Hexagon. In particular there appears to be a more diffuse bright cell very adjacent to the edge of the hexagon near the CM on the measured data set.

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Observation 1
Feature(s) N/A
Filter(s) 685nmIR
Date 2019-04-06 18:58:00
Julian day 2458580.2902777777
System I 88.73127°
System II N/A
System III 340.1524°
Illumination 99.8%
Phase angle 5.699999809265137°
Solar longitude 350.5°
Eq. diameter 16.42″
Derotation 0.0 min