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Object Saturn
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Observer Trevor Barry
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Comments: Saturn June 1st in good seeing. There is a bright spot on the edge of the polar hexagon seen in 685nm IR rotating toward the P limb. There is a thin bright band just inside the edge of the polar collar well defined in R & IR data with a relatively large condensed bright spot at the P or Eastern end of the band, well seen in G & RGB data. I measure this spot to be at approx Lat+63.8 L3 42.9.The 2010 GWS AV is resolved in all data but best seen in IR at approx Lat+42.9 L3 61. The formation of three ripples on the edge of the EZ are well seen, it does seem that the centre ripple of the formation is flattening out somewhat. There is a very thin bright streak in the NEB very near the edge of the EZ which immediately follows the westernmost ripple, which has the highest amplitude of the three ripples. This bright streak is particularly well seen in IR and appears very prominent in the IR animation and has been present for some time.

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Observation 1
Feature(s) N/A
Filter(s) rgb
Date 2020-06-01 18:09:30
Julian day 2459002.25625
System I 306.2948°
System II N/A
System III 99.244415°
Illumination 99.8%
Phase angle 4.5°
Solar longitude 3.2°
Eq. diameter 17.71″
Derotation 0.0 min