Saturn storm 19th Jan 2011

[chrisrnuttall]

Hello

Here is a drawing of Saturn from this morning.

Observed from 06:15 to 07:20

0°C with sharp frost, still, clear, seeing started at Ant III, became slightly worse and then got better again, before nose diving at 07:30 to 'Antoniadi - pack up and go inside'.

I watched the brighter part of the storm creep onto Saturn's disc over the course of the hour, getting one or two brief glimpses of sharpness, but mostly a soft wobbly view.

Still it was better than last time!

Interestingly I noted a darker division between the proceeding end of the brightest section and the dimmer 'tail', which I have seen on other drawings.

[tiwar]

God i wish i could sketch as well as this.....

T x

[DarkerSky]

Super drawing and observation Chris. Well done on capturing those details. Interesting, as you say, about the darker division. It's fascinating watching this storm evolve. I was really hoping to get a view of it this morning, but the fog descended

[Venus_is_my_friend]

Great job, it looks fantastic! I can't wait to reutrn home and get some skecthes done.

[bish]

One of the best I've seen. Excellent work.

[johnh]

Great work, just been imaging the storm and it is quite unique and you have caught the structure well.

John.

[WayneR]

Excellent work Chris, thanks for posting!