Good jupiter show tonight

[Gadget]

Jupiter looks like it is going to be a good one tonight

Ganymede transit and GRS all at the same time around 2.50 AM

I shall fill the coffee pot now ready looks like it will be a late one

Kev

[Budgie]

If this patch of altocumulus over me will move off then I'll be out.

Thanks for the tip.

[stafford_stargazer]

Oh no that sounds awesome,wish i wasnt in work,i wanted to try my new celestron 100ED TOO

enjoy it anyway people.

Its not going anywhere soon anyway.

Gaz

[DarkerSky]

Jupiter looks like it is going to be a good one tonight

Ganymede transit and GRS all at the same time around 2.50 AM

I shall fill the coffee pot now ready looks like it will be a late one

Kev

I hope the sky was clear for you and you got to see that transit and GRS combo. It's always a special feeling when you get to see something like that

[riklaunim]

I've got the transit, but no GRS

[Budgie]

Skies were clear and I saw the transit but no GRS. I called it quits at 03:10am but I did also manage to see Uranus, well I think the dot I was looking at was Uranus anyway.

No images though as the lappy decided to throw it's toys on the floor last night and wouldn't boot up. So I was just on visual ops last night.

Still, it was enjoyable all the same and after pulling the lappy apart today and fiddling with a few things, it's now working again.

[Gadget]

I hope the sky was clear for you and you got to see that transit and GRS combo. It's always a special feeling when you get to see something like that

Thank you

Surprisingly it did stay clear until about 3.30 am

I did see the transit

As for the GRS I just could not make it out even though I knew where to look

Was hoping to see it this time but just didn't happen for me Jupiter itself was a fine sight very clear with many bands on show but I have yet to see the GRS

I assume the GRS is not that easy to make out if you have not seen it before?

Kev

[barkis]

ThE GRS can be difficult to see, and sometimes it disappears, and all that remains is the Red Spot Hollow.

Here's a Wiki. link to explain it better.

Ron.

http://mechafushigi.com/fluid-dynamics/great-red-spot-of-jupiter/

[riklaunim]

At the time of transit there was no GRS:

[Gadget]

I was going by stellaruim is it not real time or just not very accurate for GRS ?

Thank you for the link Ron it was very interesting

Kev

[riklaunim]

Stellarium isn't accurate right now. It does the moons correctly but Jupiter atmosphere got out of sync.

[DarkerSky]

Best program to use for GRS timings is this one >>

SkyandTelescope.com - Planets - Transit Times of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

[Gadget]

Thx DarkerSky/riklaunim

No wonder I have never seen GRS as I have been using stellarium for my hunting times

Looking at the link it is a long way out at the moment

Now I can try at the proper times and maybe I will get to see it

Kev

[abumuhannadh]

Stellarium isn't accurate right now. It does the moons correctly but Jupiter atmosphere got out of sync.

thanks for pointing it out. but why aren't they fixing it?