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Originally Posted by BeanerSA
I read in an article the other day that the GRS is currently more bright and vivid than it has been in a long time.
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Seems that way to me also, but it is nothing compared to when I first saw it.
When I obtained a 8" reflector in 1971 (delivered in person by Laurel Hall) , the red spot was a very deep, brick red. There as no need to 'look' for it as it would be easily visible. From what I have read since, this was an unusual, and relatively short-lived event. Pity!!!
I just finished a session now, observing the Spot with a 4" Vixen ED, and also viewing Io as it gradually reappeared from Jupiter's shadow.