Saturn - ALPO observations during the 2001-2002 apparition

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Mar 2004

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Journal of the Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers, The Strolling Astronomer (ISSN 0039-2502), Vol. 46, No. 1, p. 24 - 39

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A very fine collection of 166 visual, photographic, and CCD observations of Saturn were submitted to the ALPO Saturn Section during the 2001-2002 apparition by 27 contributors residing in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Singapore, Spain, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States. The observations covered the period from 2001 July 21 through 2002 April 22, and the instruments used to record these data ranged in aperture from 9.0 cm (3.5 in.) up to 50.8 cm (20.0 in.). Of considerable interest during 2001-2002 were several occultations of Saturn by the Moon that occurred from 2001 September 10 through 2002 February 21, for which a few observations and images were submitted to the ALPO Saturn Section. Saturn observers reported sporadic dusky festoons and other transient dark spots among the belts and zones of Saturn's Southern Hemisphere during the apparition, as well as a few very diffuse, short-lived white areas in the Southern Equatorial Zone (EZs). Recurring central meridian (CM) transit timings were not reported, however, owing to the short duration of these discret phenomena. The inclination of the ring system to Earth, reached a maximum value of -26°.459 on 2002 April 22. Accompanying the report are references, drawings, photographs, CCD images, graphs, and tables.

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