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Object Saturn
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URL s2020-07-30_13-35_ir_tba.png
Observer Trevor Barry
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Comments: Imaged Saturn July 30th in good seeing. The 685nm IR very well resolves the North polar vortex and vertices of the hexagon along with the concentric banding structure within the North polar collar. The 2010 GWS AV is resolved in the final two IR data sets of the session toward the F limb at approx Lat+43.2 L3 330.9. A ripple is resolved in the evolved remnant of the 2010 GWS along the Southern edge of that thin dark band at approx Lat+47 L3 261.9 best seen in the IR but also resolved in the RGB data. A bright spot is resolved in RGB data at approx Lat+35.2 L3 301.2. Of further interest is the Ch4 image captured during this session, the seeing was good and the Ch4 resolved quite a bright band centrally located in the EZ. Above this bright band and parallel to it, still within the EZ, is a quite prominent thin dark band.

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Observation 1
Feature(s) N/A
Filter(s) ir
Date 2020-07-30 13:35:00
Julian day 2459061.065972222
System I 284.35016°
System II N/A
System III 266.78683°
Illumination 100.0%
Phase angle 0.8999999761581421°
Solar longitude 5.0°
Eq. diameter 18.37″
Derotation 0.0 min