Jupiter this morning 9th Feb

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Made a late decision last night to have a go at jupiter this morning, seeing wasn't great and there were lots of clouds to dodge, but not unhappy with the result.

Scope: http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/lexx.html
capture details: 30 seconds each in R,G,B @ 35 fps

regards,Bird

[davidpretorius]

nice one bird,

that STrD disturbance has changed shape I think. I wonder if that is how the GRS evolved. The GRS even last april was entrenched in the SEB, but has come away and is now completely in the STrZ.

This season is going to be soooooo much fun!

[iceman (Mike)]

Excelletn result, Anthony. I'm itching to get my scope onto Jupiter again but it's been cloudy all week and is expected to remain so until next Wednesday !

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Yes, also notice the orange colour to the polar storm south of the StrD. That's not oval BA (I think) so I wonder if it's another white storm changing colour?

Or is that oval BA? I've lost track of where everything is this season...

Bird

[davidpretorius]

i am sure it is BA, I will have a look at your earlier image that showed BA and the disturbance

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

ok, I've lost track of its location...

Bird

[Dennis]

Hi Anthony

Wow - that is a stunning image for the current apparition. I pointed my C9.25 and DMK at Jove on Tuesday morning and didn't even bother to capture anything. You have done remarkably well to produce such a detailed portrait!

Cheers

Dennis

[ving (David)]

geat detail! cant wait for it to get higher

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Hi Anthony

Wow - that is a stunning image for the current apparition. I pointed my C9.25 and DMK at Jove on Tuesday morning and didn't even bother to capture anything. You have done remarkably well to produce such a detailed portrait!

Cheers

Dennis

The seeing was best around 4am, just as I was starting to image. As Jupiter got higher the seeing deteriorated, I didn't keep anything from later in the session, despite Jupiter being quite high at the end.

It seems like the magic time of night around here is 3-4am, should be good in about a months time :-)

Bird

[davidpretorius]

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...4&d=1168603936

looks like BA, and this comparison really shows up the changes in the disturbance in th STrZ.

BA looks to have shrunk and the whole STrZ widened!

what a difference a month makes!`

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Right, that's what I couldn't figure oput, oval BA was much larger than shows in the last image...

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Update: According to the guys on ALPO jupiter, this is *not* oval BA!! So maybe another SSTB oval is changing colour?

Bird

[davidpretorius]

wow, well done Bird