Storm on Saturn

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Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991plas.rept..169l&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991 p 169 (SEE N92-12792 03-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomy, Charge Coupled Devices, Saturn (Planet), Saturn Atmosphere, Storms, Digital Filters, High Resolution, Longitude, Spatial Filtering, Sunset, Telescopes, Turbulence, Viewing, Visibility

Scientific paper

In September 1990, a white spot appeared on Saturn's atmosphere, which later spread over the entire equatorial region. The accompanying images were obtained as part of an effort to refine techniques for obtaining high resolution groundbased charge coupled device (CCD) images of the planets, and show the turbulent disturbance in Saturn's atmosphere. These broad red-band CCD images were obtained in November 1990 with the Catalina 1.5 m telescope. The planet was low in the sky at sunset, but the viewing was good enough to show detail in the equatorial region over all longitudes. Visibility of the features is enhanced by digital spatial filtering techniques. A storm of this magnitude has not been seen on Saturn since 1933.

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