spot on Jupiter

[paul mc c]

Just looking at Jupiter now and can see a small black dot :confused:on the north temp zone,was wondering is anyone observing it at the minute.

Paul

[Ags]

I was all set up, crystal clear skies, yippee, went in to get the eyepieces, heard a special on Radio 4's The Now Show about Kepler 22b, listened for a few minutes, laughed my head off, went back out with a smile on my face, found the rain chucking down on my scope.

Glad you got some good viewing.

[paul mc c]

Thats bad luck Ags,i have the best seeing i have had in a while,i have never seen a spot in that area before.

[petek314]

I have just come in from observing Jupiter. I made a quick sketch which included NEB, SEB and two other belts but i didn't notice anything unusual. The 4 moons were visible but were not crossing the planet. Sorry but I didnt notice any unusual spots. My seeing was not brilliant so may not have been able to see the detail that you could

[Mark at Beaufort]

Paul I imagine you are viewing a 'brown barge' which is quite common.

Jupiter Brown Barge

The other night whilst observing the transit and shadow of the Moon Io there were a few 'barges' on display.

Mark

[paul mc c]

Definately there im still looking,it is actually on the NNTTB just on the meridian.

[paul mc c]

Yes i observed barges,in fact there is one just coming into view now,this may be what i am looking at,it is just i have never seen one in this area before,

and it is quite small,and as i say i have excellent seeing at the minute.

Paul

[Peter Drew]

Hello Paul. Definitely a "barge", currently observing it myself with a NexStar 8SE on Tenerife. Good seeing tonight despite the daytime temperature of 27C!

[Peter Drew]

GRS now nearing the CM, two barges in view.

[paul mc c]

Hi Peter is it the two barges on show at the minute you were looking at,the spot i observed was at 7.40 our time it was far fainter that the usual barges and i was able to see it until it was gone behind the limb.Its -2 here at the minute.

[faulksy]

just finished viewing jupiter, been viewing it for around 2 hours could see 1 barge and the great red(light pink)spot then anoyher barge appeared as 1 left. was just waiting to see orion neb and it started to snow was gutted panicking to get my scope away didnt no were to run. nice and dry now though.

[Ferox]

I was watching those as well, wondered what they were :). Could just make out the GRS.

[AstroDee]

Hi guys, would the great red spot be visible in my 6 inch dob?. Ive viewed Jupiter a few times but I dont think Ive seen it.

cheers

Andy

[Ags]

It would be visible - it is a very large feature. I find this year it is hard to spot because it is nearly the same colour as the SEB. You have to look for a characteristic bulge, with some dark fringes or indentations where it meets the rest of the SEB.