Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn

patrickm God Posts: 1,621	Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Dec 16, 2010 13:48:16 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by patrickm on Dec 16, 2010 13:48:16 GMT -6 Bright White Storm Raging on Saturn from Universe Today Once again, amateur astronomers score big with planetary observation! Did I say it was big? Attachments:
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cathy New Member Posts: 20	Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Dec 16, 2010 16:46:11 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cathy on Dec 16, 2010 16:46:11 GMT -6 Holy crap.

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Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Dec 18, 2010 8:37:10 GMT -6

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I understand that Anthony Wesley and Christopher Go have had a stranglehold on Jovian discoveries the last few years, and deservedly so for their constant attention to the big planet, but now Wesley has upstaged Cassini?!? Hats off to the astronomer down under. :-*

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Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Dec 27, 2010 18:25:52 GMT -6

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JFC, it's like a library around here!

Sky and Telescope just published this new pic of the Honkin' Big Saturnian Storm raging out there. Looks like a huge smoke ring now, don't it! Someday I'll be able to take a crack at it, but just have binos right now...

photo courtesy of Sky and Telescope

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Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Dec 30, 2010 5:37:33 GMT -6

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Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Dec 30, 2010 5:37:33 GMT -6

The different filterings are bringing out nice details.

If it ever clears up around here, I would like to try and see if I can image this storm.

Some are saying that it is an upwelling of lower strata and others that it's an impact.

I kinda lean toward the impact ling of thought, as there is a bright pin-point site.

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Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Jan 3, 2011 4:12:29 GMT -6

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Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Jan 3, 2011 4:12:29 GMT -6

Man...

I'm really this close to setting up a scope and doing some Saturnian imaging.

But at 20 degrees, man, it gets cold fast - and setting up all that metal at 4:00 am is not appealing.

No, not at all.

But, it sure is clear out.

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patrickm God Posts: 1,621	Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Jan 3, 2011 9:01:18 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by patrickm on Jan 3, 2011 9:01:18 GMT -6 More pix from Cassini and amateurs. via Sky and Telescope
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Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Jan 4, 2011 6:40:12 GMT -6

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I observed no storm this morning (or Sunday morning) but wow, I am really liking that the rings are opening up. I'll try to post the pictures and vids from observing (if they turned out decent enough) as soon as possible.

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Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Jan 4, 2011 12:54:04 GMT -6

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Post by Paulie pchris00 on Jan 4, 2011 12:54:04 GMT -6

It's not great, and believe me, Saturn looks so much better in the eyepiece. I saw no evidence of the recent storm, however, but it's nice to see the rings opening up. I'm starting to see why it's everybody's favorite planet to view.

This was video was shot with my 6" Orion Sky Quest Dobsonian and Meade Lunar and Planetary camera. No processing was done, and the telescope was not tracking.

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patrickm God Posts: 1,621	Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Jan 4, 2011 17:16:49 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by patrickm on Jan 4, 2011 17:16:49 GMT -6 More amateur pics of the storm from a C-14. www.telescopeatlanta.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=12
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hillimolly Junior Chicago Astronomer Posts: 83	Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Jan 5, 2011 22:37:41 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hillimolly on Jan 5, 2011 22:37:41 GMT -6 Man, it is cloudy.. damn

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Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Jan 31, 2011 16:08:34 GMT -6

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Post by Paulie pchris00 on Jan 31, 2011 16:08:34 GMT -6

Here is a link to transit times of the storm.

lackawannaastronomicalsociety.org/?p=873

From the site listed above:

EST The Serpent Storm

1/28/2011 12:08:05 AM 10:47:24 AM 9:26:43 PM
1/29/2011 8:06:02 AM 6:45:21 PM
1/30/2011 5:24:39 AM 4:03:58 PM
1/31/2011 2:43:17 AM 1:22:35 PM
2/1/2011 12:01:54 AM 10:41:13 AM 9:20:32 PM
2/2/2011 7:59:50 AM 6:39:09 PM
2/3/2011 5:18:27 AM 3:57:46 PM
2/4/2011 2:37:04 AM 1:16:23 PM 11:55:42 PM
2/5/2011 10:35:00 AM 9:14:19 PM
2/6/2011 7:53:37 AM 6:32:55 PM
2/7/2011 5:12:14 AM 3:51:32 PM
2/8/2011 2:30:50 AM 1:10:09 PM 11:49:27 PM
2/9/2011 10:28:46 AM 9:08:04 PM
2/10/2011 7:47:22 AM 6:26:40 PM
2/11/2011 5:05:59 AM 3:45:17 PM

Keep in mind times listed are Eastern Standard Time.

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Paulie pchris00 God Posts: 2,131	Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Jan 31, 2011 18:54:13 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Paulie pchris00 on Jan 31, 2011 18:54:13 GMT -6 I had just a few minutes to look this morning. Terrible conditions, and I was about three hours too late. I wonder if I could have seen it at 1:43 AM?
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patrickm God Posts: 1,621	Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Feb 5, 2011 3:38:20 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by patrickm on Feb 5, 2011 3:38:20 GMT -6 Storm on Saturn Has Grown into a Monster! Universe Today Now more than a month has passed and the white scar of the raging atmosphere has escalated to an incredible size… Nearly 10 Earths wide!
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Honkin' Big Storm Visible on Saturn Feb 7, 2011 20:47:27 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App

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Cool new Saturn storm images, incl an animated JPEG from an amateur astronomer. From Planetary Society blog.

Saturn's northern storm on Feb. 4, 2011
As part of its routine monitoring of Saturn's atmosphere, Cassini took the photos needed to compose this false-color composite view of the storm reaching across much of the planet's temperate northern latitudes on February 4, 2011. (The view is composed of three images taken through infrared, green, and blue filters.) Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / color composite by Ian Regan

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