White Spot on Saturn

I imaged this white spot on Saturn Sunday morning. It's on the second cloud band from the top, off to the left. I used my C11 with a 2X teleconverter and a Pro ToUcam II. I stacked approximately 360 frames out of 2100. I'd say the seeing was 8/10 with 50% humidity. Best seeing I've had in a long time.

Steve Thornton

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Steve, excellent capture of Saturn and its storm! Please send some of that incredible seeing eastward...

Regards,
Steve

Hi Steve:

Well done! Is this hobby great or what, it's like going on a treasure hunt every time you image a planet, you never know what you'll discover next! This white spot has been around a couple months now, guys here and across the globe have been imaging it. The storm is located on Saturn's South Temperate Zone (STZ), CM= (III: 273). Chris Go captured it on December 3rd, here's his Saturn web page http://astro.christone.net/saturn/index.htm Jean Prost also has a good shot of it taken December 1st and posted on the ALPO site.

Cheers, Dan 8)