Finally some clear skies! After 2 weeks of rain and cloud the weather was predicted to be cold and frosty, so it was time to try Jupiter again...
The seeing was mostly poor but there was a short burst of reasonable seeing around 3:10am, with the ambient temp at -1C it was the coldest night of imaging so far this season.
Jupiter shows many details, including the Oval BA complex near top centre, and some very dark spots in the North Polar region (bottom). The darkest of these spots seems to have a bright centre but it will need better seeing to resolve it properly.
The NEB is very active, with a number of visible rifts and festoons reaching up toward the equator. By contrast the SEB has very quiet activity.
cheers, Bird
The seeing was mostly poor but there was a short burst of reasonable seeing around 3:10am, with the ambient temp at -1C it was the coldest night of imaging so far this season.
Jupiter shows many details, including the Oval BA complex near top centre, and some very dark spots in the North Polar region (bottom). The darkest of these spots seems to have a bright centre but it will need better seeing to resolve it properly.
The NEB is very active, with a number of visible rifts and festoons reaching up toward the equator. By contrast the SEB has very quiet activity.
cheers, Bird
Attached Image:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro
