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¤••••• Subject: Mars Oct 25
Received:
Hi,
Today's image set.
Tim WILSON (
¤••••• Subject: Re: Mars 24 October
0453UT R610LP RGB
Received:
Thanks,
A storm is along
the NPC edge.
Roger VENABLE
(Chester, GA)
¤••••• Subject: Several Mars Images
Received:
Hello,
I have several Mars images to share.
October 22 has 3 image set about an hour apart and a single
set for October 23 and 24.
Tim WILSON (
¤••••• Subject: Mars 24 October 0453UT
R610LP RGB
Received:
Hi all,
The recent
spell of good sunrise conditions continued this morning.
Syrtis Major to the right with
Hesperia is
at above centre, with Elysium at lower left.
Best
regards,
¤••••• Subject: Mars 23 October 0449UT
R610LP RGB
Received:
Hi all,
Another
morning of good conditions shortly after sunrise.
Syrtis Major to the right with
Hesperia is
at upper left, with Elysium coming into view at lower left.
The bright
feature in R at lower right (Coloe Pal region?) has
been noticeable recently.
Possible
structure becoming visible in the NP region?
Best
regards,
¤••••• Subject: 22 Oct Mars image
attached.
Received:
Gary WALKER (
¤••••• Subject: Re: Mars 22 October 0506UT R610LP RGB
Received:
Thanks
In fact in the latest image by Gary Walker you can see a
trace of frost at Argyre.
Do have a look at it.
All the best
Richard McKIM (
¤••••• Subject: Mars 22 October 0506UT
R610LP RGB
Received: 23 October
2026, 03:22 JST
Hi all,
I only
started this morning’s session after sunrise, and again found good conditions.
Syrtis Major to the right of centre with
Best
regards,
¤••••• Subject: 20 Oct Mars image
attached.
Received:
Gary WALKER (
¤••••• Subject: Mars 21 October 0444UT
R610LP RGB.
Received:
Hi all,
I tried a
later, sunrise, session this morning and was rewarded with some decent seeing,
which unfortunately deteriorated during the session as I moved onto G’s and
B’s.
Syrtis Major is to the right of centre with Boreosyrtis prominent at bottom.
Best
regards,
¤••••• Subject: Mars images.
Received:
Hello Everyone,
Sending over most recent Mars images.
Today's image of Mars October 20 show's I dare say some
"canals on Mars" I know but it does
look interesting
I tried three different stacking processes and they show up
in every one of them.
Tim WILSON (
¤••••• Subject: Mars: October 19, 2026
Received:
Masami -
My first image of Mars since September 12 was
taken on
The viewing conditions were pretty good. At CM 64 degrees,
Mars appears normal with the North Polar Cap (NPC) visible
and seemingly clear of the Hood.
Best,
Frank J MELILLO (
¤••••• Subject: 19 Oct Mars image
attached
Received:
Gary WALKER (
¤••••• Subject: Mars 19 October 0412UT
R610LP RGB
Received:
Hi all,
Poor
conditions this morning, but circulating the low res
result for the record.
Syrtis Major is central, with
Best
regards,
¤••••• Subject: Mars images
Received:
Greetings to Everyone,
Sending the most recent images.
Tim WILSON (
¤••••• Subject: Mars
2026-10-17
Received:
Mars images on
Best regards,
Tutomu ISHIBASHI (
¤••••• Subject: Saturn
2026-10-17 UT
Received:
Saturn images on
Spoke 2026-10-15,16,17UT
Best regards,
Tomio AKUTSU (
Akutsu Cebu Observarory
¤••••• Subject: Saturn
2026-10-16 UT
Received:
Saturn images on
Spoke 2026-10-15,16 UT
Best regards,
Tomio AKUTSU (
Akutsu Cebu Observarory
¤••••• Subject: Mars
2026-10-16
Received:
Mars images on
Best regards,
Tutomu ISHIBASHI (
¤••••• Subject: Saturn
Image, Oct 13th
Received:
Hi all,
Here is an image from the 13th. Seeing was mostly very poor.
A prominent spoke is seen at left.
https://www.damianpeach.com/sat26/s2026-10-13-2211_3-RGBdp.jpg
Best wishes,
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS,
the
Web: http://www.damianpeach.com/
¤••••• Subject: 15 Oct Mars
image attached
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Gary WALKER (
¤••••• Subject: Mars 16
October 0413UT R610LP RGB
Received:
Hi all,
Below
average conditions this morning.
Syrtis Major is at left, with
Sinus Sabeaus and Sinus Meridiani
extend across the upper right.
Best regards,
¤••••• Subject: 13/14 Oct
Mars images attached
Received:
Hello,
Evening blue-white equatorial cloud noted over Chryse at evening terminator.
Gary WALKER (
¤••••• Subject: Jupiter
2026-10-14 UT
Received:
Jupiter images on
Best regards,
Tomio AKUTSU (
Akutsu Cebu Observarory
¤••••• Subject: Mars 2026-10-14 UT
Received:
Mars images on 14 October 2026 UT
Best regards,
Tomio AKUTSU (
Akutsu Cebu Observarory
¤••••• Subject: Recent Mars images
Received:
Hello everyone
Here is my most recent mars images.
Tim WILSON (
¤••••• Subject: Saturn 2026-10-12
Received: 13 October
2026, 09:35 JST
Saturn images on
Tutomu ISHIBASHI (
¤••••• Subject: Mars 2026-10-11
Received:
Mars images on
.
Best regards,
Tomio AKUTSU (
Akutsu Cebu Observarory
¤••••• Subject: Saturn Images &
movies, Oct 2nd-6th, 2026
Received:
Hi all,
Here are some images and movies from Oct 2-6th.
Some periods of superb seeing conditions at times - though
frustratingly, fog and low cloud thwarted any attempts at Mars or Jupiter. Lots
of spokes were observed over this period.
The one on Oct 4-5th was easily seen visually through the
telescope.
Oct 2nd under poor seeing
: https://www.damianpeach.com/sat26/s2026-10-02-2303_6-RGBdp.jpg
Oct 3-4th under excellent seeing:
https://www.damianpeach.com/sat26/s2026-10-04-0017_2-RGBdp.jpg
Oct 3-4th movie: https://www.damianpeach.com/sat26/spokes_2026_10_03-04dp.mp4
Oct 4-5th under very good seeing:
https://www.damianpeach.com/sat26/s2026-10-05-0015_4-RGBdp.jpg
Oct 4-5th movie: https://www.damianpeach.com/sat26/spokes_2026_10_04-05dp.mp4
Oct 5-6th under periods near perfect seeing:
https://www.damianpeach.com/sat26/s2026-10-05-2308_7-RGBdp.jpg
Oct 5-6th movie: https://www.damianpeach.com/sat26/spokes_2026_10_05-06dp2.mp4
Best wishes,
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS,
the
Web: http://www.damianpeach.com/
¤••••• Subject: Mars 2026-10-10 UT
Received:
Mars images on
Best regards,
Tomio AKUTSU (
Akutsu Cebu Observarory
¤••••• Subject: Mars 2026-10-10
Received:
Mars images on
Tutomu ISHIBASHI (
¤••••• Subject: Mars 2026-10-09
Received:
Mars images on
Tutomu ISHIBASHI (
¤••••• Subject: Jupiter
2026-10-09 UT
Received:
Jupiter images on
Best regards,
Tomio AKUTSU (
Akutsu Cebu Observarory
¤••••• Subject: Mars 2026-10-09 UT
Received:
Mars images on
Best regards,
Tomio AKUTSU (
Akutsu Cebu Observarory
¤••••• Subject: Mars 07/08 Oct images
attached
Received:
Images from two consecutive mornings reveal white cloud
activity near the evening terminator including a bright Arsia
Mons cloud.
Gary WALKER (
¤••••• Subject: latest Mars images
Received:
Hi everyone,
I am sending several recent images of Mars.
Tim WILSON (
¤••••• Subject: Mars
2026-10-07
Received:
Mars images on 7 October UT. (11 October, Ls value is corrected)
Tutomu ISHIBASHI (
¤••••• Subject: Jupiter 2026-10-03 UT
Received:
Jupiter images on 3 October UT.
Best regards,
Tomio AKUTSU (
Akutsu Cebu Observarory
¤••••• Subject: Saturn, 3rd
October IR685
Received:
Hi all, here's an image of Saturn from this morning in
variable seeing.
The resolution was not quite good enough to reliably detect the long lived AV
in Saturn's north but it can be seen faintly with a lot of
enhancement in this image.
Some faint spoke activity can be seen as well as some
brighter features in the EZ, most notably just under the ring.
The animation shows a number of fainter features.
This is my last image until 11th November when I'll be back fro more.
Link:
https://www.acquerra.au/astro/gallery/saturn/index.live?dir=/saturn&image=20261003-151248
Best regards
Anthony
Anthony Wesley (
¤••••• Subject: Mars 30
September 0435 and 510UT R610LP
Received:
Hi all,
Poor conditions
on 30 September, and I stuck with R610LP captures.
I ran two
sets to confirm details rotating with the planet.
The dark
doughnut of Olympus Mons is moving from right of
centre to centre, with a noticeable light streak to its left (Halex?)
Solis Lacus
can be seen coming into view at upper left.
I note the
light feature on the lower right limb, near Propontis
Best
regards,
¤••••• Subject: Saturn 2nd
October IR685 RGB
Received:
Hi all,
here's an image of Saturn from last night in variable seeing.
There were some steady patches but also many periods of unstable conditions.
I've included an animation of all data collected that shows a prominent dark
spoke on the right side of the ring, something which is quite unusual.
Once again
I see that this spoke is following closely behind the large southern white oval
that can be seen setting in the first few frames of the animation.
It would seem that you could almost predict the location of the southern white
oval by just looking at the spoke activity at present.
The left
side of the ring shows only very faint activity during the animation.
The colour image is quite low resolution but I've included it
here to show the Seeliger effect making the ring much
brighter than normal.
Links:
RGB
https://www.acquerra.au/astro/gallery/saturn/index.live?dir=/saturn&image=20261002-140006
IR685 and animation
https://www.acquerra.au/astro/gallery/saturn/index.live?dir=/saturn&image=20261002-151518
Best regards
Anthony
Anthony Wesley (
¤••••• Subject: Saturn, 1st
October IR685
Received:
Hi all,
here's an image of Saturn from last night in a period of reasonable seeing using
a 685nm longpass filter.
15 images
spanning 49 minutes were measured and combined in Winjupos.
Included is
an animation showing the movement of spokes on the left of the ring.
The bright
spot in the south is prominent once again.
Link:
https://www.acquerra.au/astro/gallery/saturn/index.live?dir=/saturn&image=20261001-134754
Best regards
Anthony
Anthony Wesley (
¤••••• Subject: Saturn, 30th
September IR685
Received:
Hi all,
here's an image and animation of Saturn from last night.
Seeing was variable
but sometimes quite ok. I used a 685nm longpass
filter and captured many 90s runs over the space of more than 2 hours.
Rhea is the
prominent moon at lower right with Titan visible at the lower left of the
frame. Enceladus and Mimas
can also be located but much fainter, and I also spotted Janus
in some of the individual images,
however it is not included in the Winjupos
derotation so it disappears as soon as you derotate and merge images.
Lots of dust/spoke activity can be seen on the left side of the ring, and also
various cloud features on the disk including some EZ detail (probably best seen
in the animation) and the large white southern spot rising at lower left.
Best regards
Anthony
Link:
https://www.acquerra.au/astro/gallery/saturn/index.live?dir=/saturn&image=20260930-153242
Anthony Wesley (
¤••••• Subject: 29 Sept Mars
image attached
Received:
An image at beginning of northern
spring, Eylsium near center.
Gary WALKER (