Jupiter 29th April UT. Is the SEB back?

[von Tom]

Hi everyone,

Changing my shifts to work in the afternoon let me get out this morning to have a look at the planets. I will post others later, but I thought it might be useful to show this one of Jupiter. Taken at 5:59am local Brisbane time the planet was 13 degrees above the horizon. Pretty unclear image but I think that the SEB might be back. (Note, north is to the bottom left of the image). Angular size is 33.4 arcseconds. Elongation from Sun 17 degrees.

Cheers,

Tom

[asimov]

Yes, it's back. It was reforming before the end of last apparition, Tom.

[von Tom]

Here is the last image I made in February (elongation 36 deg E) for comparison. The SEB looks alot more prominent now.

[asimov]

Yes, I take your point that it is certainly more prominent now. Can't wait to have a crack at Jupiter, but it's too low for me right now.

[von Tom]

Can't wait to see your Jupiter images this year John - here's hoping for excellent seeing!

[asimov]

Thanks Tom! Certainly looking forward to your efforts too! Right now, I've got my new project up & running, consisting of a 14" conical mirror in a skelatal OTA & riding the EQ6. I'm quietly excited, because after 5 nights of testing, I'm going to (hopefully) blitz any C11 work I've done so far this Saturn opposition.

Edit: Forgot to say well done on this capture! - Back in the good ol' days, I was usually the first to post a planet image for the apparition! HA! I'm not quite so keen these days, but nearly!:D

BRING ON THAT GOOD SEEING - WOO-HOO!:thumbsup:

[Doodles23]

Sensational!! I would never have the balls to photograph anything at 16 degrees. At that angle I just see my neighbor's roof!