Jupiter - 7 December ... Caught in the Act!!

[DarkerSky]

Took a chance to set my 16" up for an early viewing of Jupiter this evening. Clouds broke for about 3/4 of an hour to reveal the best view I have ever had of Jupiter!

The SEB revival feature was on the disc...and it is spreading. It's really quite beautiful to see. I could make out almost a complete thin band across the disc defining the edge of the southern component. As well as the main SEB revival feature on the preceeding edge of the disc, there was a darker feature close the following edge embedded within the southern component.

Plenty of intricacy in the NEB too. The other obs of note is how much darker the NPR region as a whole is versus the SPR.

Overall an amazing view to which my sketch really doesn't do it justice! At least I have captured the SEB revival in the act of reviving, which I'm really pleased about

16" x228 magnification

Baader Neodymium filter

Seeing: II

System I: 198 degrees

System II: 306 degrees

Time: 17:27 UT

[dweller25]

Nice catch Seb.

The SEB has really changed since I last saw it 10 days ago.

I am clouded in here so I will enjoy your drawing.

[beamish]

COOL !

Where are you ??

oops you did say "this evening ..." silly me, thought you said this morning - where are my pills darling ????????

[DarkerSky]

It was a lucky punt on a hole in the clouds this evening! When I normally do that it just stays cloudy, but i got lucky this time

The SEB does seem to be changing at a fair pace. I was ecstatic when I managed to trace the thin dark line of its southern edge right across the disc!

[Catweasle]

It certainly is an exciting time observing Jupiter at the moment , ( when the weather allows that is ).Just managed to do two videos before the clouds rolled in today and this is the better of the two images from them.

[chrisrnuttall]

lovely Seb, you've certainly caught a lot there.

nice when the weather co-operates with you for change!

[russ]

Lovely sketch Seb. You've picked out some great detail. And it sounds like you caught a real sweet spot in the seeing. Oh i really hope it's like that tonight, i really need a good obs session.

[oldfruit]

Lovely sketch. I see you replied to my thread from before and you have captured what i saw really well.

[DarkerSky]

Thanks for the comments. It was a really memorable 3/4 of an hour