Jupiter 11.09.03--Sketch

Hi,

Seeing conditions were rather good this morning. Jupiter showed good detail even at its currently smallish size. I believe it looked to be about 30" to 35" in apparent diameter.

The STb with its darkish condensations and adjacent southern bands showed really well. There appeared to be a bright area that encroached on the STb and SSTb. There were 2 decent sized bays on the northern edge of the NEB as well. There was also a bright and apparently segmented rift in the SEB.

The accompanying sketch was through my 6" refractor. Great views were had in my 244 m.m. Dob later on after it had cooled down.

Thanks, Sol Robbins

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Sol,

An excellent sketch of Jupiter showing much detail. The South Equatorial Belt (SEB) appears divided by a thin, bright SEB zone (SEB-Z). Several festoons are noted along the southern border of the North Equatorial Belt (NEB-S), including an incomplete loop festoon over the following portion of the belt. An elongated, bright oval is depicted along the northern border of the NEB (NEB-N) on the CM. I look forward to your future observations of Jupiter and the rest of the planets.

Carlos