GRS

[brianmc]

According to Transit Times of Jupiter's Great Red Spot - Planets - SkyandTelescope.com I need to wait until 20:51 to see the GRS so I was being optimistic just now when I thought I could see a knot of beige on the bottom band.

Fingers crossed the cloud holds off and i can keep off (any more of) the G&T until then.

Happy New Year!

[kniclander]

the knots that you see are most likely barges (aka knots) on the northern belt. the grs is in the southern belt- it's quite subtle and appears (to my old eyes) more like an interruption in the belt than a spot but it's quite subtle. its normally most visible about an hour before to an hour after transit.

[brianmc]

Kniclander - so the best time to see it is just as it is coming/going round the corner?

Completely clouded over now so I will check again about 930 but fear I'm not going to get my first viewing of it tonight.

[kniclander]

no, best time is when it's in the middle of the planet as we see it or just either side of it - "transit" refers to transit of the meridian (I think).

wall to wall cloud here

[umadog]

For some time now there've been a wake of more minor storms following the GRS: looks pretty impressive. This happened after the GRS ripped apart another storm of similar size.

[earth titan]

Often referred to as the Great Beige Spot, for good reason. I think we can struggle to call it red....

[hayju01]

For some time now there've been a wake of more minor storms following the GRS: looks pretty impressive. This happened after the GRS ripped apart another storm of similar size.

As shown here http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-planetary/165963-jupiter-grs-18th-nov.html shameless self-promo but it shows it quite well, although the following spot is not very 'spotty' now.