Sunday, July 14, 2019

great white spot Saturn July 9, 2019 at opposition sketch, image, and 6 inch astrophysics refractor

Saturn's Great White Spot seen and imaged on July 9, 2019 by Brian Heise, MD
155 edf refractor, HGM 200 mount, 206X, 1 to 5 am CST. As I believe it covered almost the whole NW quarter and as the planet rotates E to W, the white area was consistent with the approximate every 30 year phenomenon ( it disappeared in about a hour or less) . The spot was rectangular to triangular with two rough tails and I can not remember if they were E or W. Initially I did not know what it was and excluded it from my sketch ie as i was looking for bands.

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