Jupiter 28/8/08

[Andrew*]

I had a quick peek at the big un last night - it was the only object not obscured by clouds.

It was still fairly light and seeing limited magnification to 200x max.

I saw the two central darker bands clearly, and I swear I saw two more bands above and below those. I searched for the GRS but instead made out a dark patch on the NW portion near the edge. I saw this in moments of good seeing and with averted vision. After a few "re-sightings" I finally became convinced that it was real! Could anyone identify it for me?

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Also, the Ganymede/Callisto pairing was a great sight. It was like resolving a double star because they were so close (I swear they were closer than in the diagram :scratch:)and there was a neat difference in brightness. Is there any colours to be seen in the Gallilean moons?

Cheers

Andrew

[Talitha]

I'm pretty sure it's a 'barge'. Iirc, they're cooler areas in the bands which move around.

[algol]

very cool, afraid if i'd have seen that barge i'd have been running round shouting aboutred spots etc. afraid i'm a little excitable.

as jumping up at quarter to three couple months ago to go see jup in back yard hmmmm