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Old 09-12-2010, 10:06 AM
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Jupiter SEB Dec 8 in poor seeing

The GFS showed 300mb winds of 80-100 (knots?) and odd clouds were blowing through, adding local flag waving effects. Seeing was really poor, with low contrast and no fine detail in all channels, but at least Jupiter was visible. Would not normally bother in these conditions, but I wanted to see if the SEB outbreak had progressed. It looks to have strengthened and spread on the eastern side near the equator. I guess this makes sense, since apparently the wind on the equator side of the belt is easterly and that on the pole side is westerly - the dark colour change from the central disturbance seems to be extending around the planet in both directions with these wind patterns.
Sorry about the really poor quality - but thanks for looking anyway.
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