brianmc Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kniclander Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmc Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kniclander Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umadog Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earth titan Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Often referred to as the Great Beige Spot, for good reason. I think we can struggle to call it red.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayju01 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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