By Jove - steady seeing!

[Starman]

This is the first process from this morning's run. What a pleasure to see the planet relatively steady. After getting up and seeing the lovely NLC display on view to the north I almost passed up on imaging Jupiter to pop down to the beach and shoot the clouds. In the end I just about managed both. The GRS is just coming into view in this shot. I did continue the run a bit longer than usual in an attempt to capture it under the calm conditions. Whether these come out remains to be seen...

[moondog]

Goog job you didn't pass up the opportunity Pete!

Great image of Jupiter, good detail and colour - best I've seen from the UK this year.

Well done

MD

[barkis]

Yes, so much better Pete. Why is the NEB looking pretty ragged,

is there an explanation for it ? It looks pretty stormy.

Ron.

[Starman]

Hi Ron,

Not having concentrated on Jupiter much in the past as it has been quite low when I've been actively imaging, I don't really know it's atmosphere that well. I do understand that there are cyclic issues with things like the NEB - it becomes very indistinct and then re-activates. This time round, a dark spot, first observed, IIRC, by Chris Go, has kicked off an NEB disturbance and the belt is now on the wayto re-instating itself.

One of the things I love about concentrating on a planet like this is that you start to learn what's going on pretty quickly.

[dweller25]

That's amazing, great detail.

[lunator]

Pete

Excellent pic. The detail is the bands is very clear

Cheers

Ian

[Starman]

Thanks for the comments. Here's the latest image processed - this time with extra image scale and a whole degree higher in altitude...

[afm038]

Excellent pictures Pete from what is still quite a low object at the moment.

Andy

[Imahumanbeing]

FANTASTIC Pete, so much detail! Awesome!

All the best

Jamie

[albedo0.39]

Excellent Images Pete - it's inspiration for me to stay up late to see this beauty !

[astroman001]

Pete,

Excellent images, you made good use of the seeing conditions.

Best regards

Peter

[Ant]

Certainly waiting for steady seeing paid off Pete.

They are crackers!

Cheers

Ant

[barkis]

No need for another Voyager mission Pete.

Nasa could just borrow your C14.

Certainly better in colour.

Ron.