Jupiter Abbreviations: Festoons, Barges, Spots etc

[Captain Scarlet]

A few days ago @Chandra posted a very useful reference chart of the object-types for features of Jupiter, which I’ve taken the liberty of re-pasting here:

I could guess all the abbreviations except SDER, which it turns out stands for something like Spot Dark [within] Extended Region. In finding that out, I came across this below, which is also useful, especially page 13.

http://www.jupos.org/etc/JuposProjDoc_English.pdf

It’s at a non-secure link (i.e. not https) so might not always be available. Key screengrab here:

 

Page 16 also shows names and abbreviations for all the bands.

Cheers, Magnus

[JeremyS]

That’s a very helpful guide!

This overview of observing Jupiter visually from the BAA Jupiter section is a nice summary: https://britastro.org/2023/visual-observation-of-jupiter

 

[Captain Scarlet]

2 hours ago, JeremyS said:

That’s a very helpful guide!

This overview of observing Jupiter visually from the BAA Jupiter section is a nice summary: https://britastro.org/2023/visual-observation-of-jupiter

 

Very interesting and useful too. Thanks

M

[dweller25]

Oops I have been calling projections “festoons” for years !

Thanks for sharing

[Zermelo]

46 minutes ago, dweller25 said:

Oops I have been calling projections “festoons” for years !

Thanks for sharing

Prepare yourself for a midnight visit from the JNES (Jovian Nomenclature Enforcement Squad).