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JWST/NIRSpec Detection of Complex Structures in Saturn's Sub-Auroral Ionosphere and Stratosphere: #Saturn

35 years ago #OTD the #Hubble Space Telescope with its mishappen optics took this image of #Saturn - which could be sharpened a lot mathematically (as the paper https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1991ApJ...369L..51W later described) since the object was so bright. It's being said that this one image was used by NASA to convince key U.S. politicians that the broken satellite still had some life in it ... and so it was, for 35 years now!

There is a tiny chance that a very short impact flash occurred on #Saturn on July 5th 2025, between 09:00 and 09:15 UT. It is very important we could get other videos of Saturn taken during that time frame: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10093114884107100&set=a.808337092584972 - keep your Saturn videos taken on 2025.07.05 09h00UT-09:15UT (only original videos could confirm an impact).