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Object Saturn
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URL s2023-05-17_19-05_CH4_tba.png
Observer Trevor Barry
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Comments: Imaged Saturn May 17th in an attempt to capture a transit of Enceladus. These data cover 2 hrs 10 min’s of Saturn rotation but did not resolve Enceladus. There has been an extensive series of bright spots in the SEB this apparition with a bright v-elongated feature consisting of several bright spots v-close together with some of the individual spots resolved in good seeing. This feature is at approx Lat-32.2 extending in L3 from 250 to 276 degrees.

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Observation 1
Feature(s) N/A
Filter(s) CH4
Date 2023-05-17 19:05:00
Julian day 2460082.295138889
System I 266.3355°
System II N/A
System III 231.89377°
Illumination 99.7%
Phase angle 5.800000190734863°
Solar longitude 36.6°
Eq. diameter 16.65″
Derotation 0.0 min