Encke Division

Hi,

With all the talk about the Encke division I reprocessed
my 12/24/03 Saturn to try and bring out the Encke ,
the cropped image shows what I believe to be the Encke

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

Attached Image:

Hi Wes -

You surely had a two ansae encke in your image from the 24th.
Not easy to say, or easy to do!

Alan

I think all this talk of Encke is a good exercise for everyone who does planetary imaging. Its a great reference with regards to the recent talk of "rotating color filters" in the User Film and CCD forum although it was moreso relating to DSO's. Coincidenatally there is the recent article in Astronomy magazine which showcases images by Damian Peach, Ed Grafton, and Tan Wei Long. Tan is the only imager using a Tuocam but in the past has always used and st5c. I think the comparisons are interesting.

For any interested, both Tan Wei Long and Damian Peach used to be (and may still be) regulars in the IRC chat #sciastro. I am not sure what server they are on but you could probably find it on www.sciastro.net .

Mark

For what it may count, that is definitely the Encke, Wes and congratulations to you for capturing it. It may show only in the little portion you cropped, but it is there and it is in the right spot.
I actually saw it in your first post and wanted to add it to my reply, but being a novice I thought I better keep my mouth shut. But it was really there and that is a plus for me!;-)

Ciao and keep on stunning us with your amazing images Wes.

Luca

Yes, indeed that's it. What did you do differently?

Jim Phillips