A busy Jupiter tonight! - Page 2

iceman (Mike) · #21 28-07-2009, 08:46 AM

Unfortunately not, Liz.

It won't be visible until between around 3am-5am tomorrow morning. Before that, it's too early (ie: 6pm) and Jupiter will be too low.

stephenb (Stephen) · #22 28-07-2009, 04:08 PM

Does the south polar region rotate as the same rate as the other regions?

rat156 · #23 28-07-2009, 04:34 PM

Pretty much so, otherwise the planet would shear apart. There are slight variations due to the different flows of the upper atmosphere, but not enough to notice unless your observing long term.

Cheers
Stuart

MrB (Simon) · #24 28-07-2009, 09:04 PM

EDIT: Mike beat me to it, I must've garbled my numbers afterall. Dunno where I went wrong.

Yeah should be Liz, if it's high enough.
If I haven't garbled the numbers, the strike should still be visible 'till 13:32 UT, dunno what that is your time... 23:32?