Jupiter January 11th

[bird]

Ok, playtime's over, time to get down to business: Jupiter's back in town!

This morning I had another go, and was pleasantly surprised to see that it's just high enough pre-dawn to escape the murk. Another week or so and it should be getting quite good.

Hmm, another week... I guess that means Lostock!

cheers, Bird

[RB]

Awesome shot Anthony !
Looking forward to seeing you and your setup at Lostock.

[matt]

Well done, Anthony.

Plenty of detail there despite the latitude.

You've even captured a few white spots in the Southern (? at top of image) polar region:thumbsup:

You're inspiring me to go the big Saturn/Jupiter double tomorrow morn, although the jetstream map looks a little gruesome and today's heat will make it all the trickier

[bird]

matt, go the triple - saturn, moon and Jupiter!

who needs sleep anyway?

[jjjnettie]

:thumbsup:

[stephenmcnelley]

A taste of things to come !!

thanks bird, very nice.

[davidpretorius]

ok, i will! i am in.

there is a grs and io transit around sunrise

i have a good feeling about tonight, the jetstream looks atrocious:rofl: http://www.wunderground.com/auto/virtuallythere_jan3/global/Region/AU/2xJetStream.html


OK, HERE IS A CHALLENGE, WHERE IS LITTLE RED SPOT AND WHAT COLOUR WILL HE BE???

WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO IMAGE HIM???

[davidpretorius]

fantasstic image bird and happy 1000 posts!

[Dennis]

Man, that's good!

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman]

Excellent work, Anthony! What altitude (and time) was that captured at?

Really looking forward to what you produce in the coming months! 7 months of Jupiter, let's go!

[bird]

Mike, time is on the image, though you have to do some mental gymnastics :-) Ok ok, it was about 5.20am.

Altitude, dunno - I'll look it up on xephem, seemed ike about 30 degrees?

Bird

[matt]

Well... I stayed up all night to go the Big 3... and it looked like it was gonna happen until a band of cloud rolled through shortly after 4am and shut me down:(

Not to worry. The seeing was rubbish anyway. Captured a few Saturn and moon AVIs ... but they're not worth the effort.

Boy, it feels weird staying up all night and crawling into bed around dawn:lol:

[Ric]

Nice image Bird, a nice start to the Jupiter season

Cheers