A November Jupiter
My first attempt at imaging Jupiter this season. Conditions were pretty hopeless with persistent streaming cloud hampering my efforts. This coupled with bitterly cold air meant the result was that I was only able to acquire this one image from the session.
This is Jupiter's so-called "boring side" i.e the non Great Red Spot side imaged using a Baader 685nm IR pass filter. Plenty of detail is visible including two light oval storms towards the planet's South Pole.
A large elongated dark hot spot is visible in the South Equatorial Belt just left of centre. These are dark patches in the planet's ammonia clouds, at the top of Jupiter's atmosphere, which permit a look into Jupiter's hotter, darker cloud layers below.
Jupiter is such a dynamic world that there is always something to see.
Imaged with a Celestron C11 SCT and a ZWO 290MM camera fitted with a Baader 685nm pass filter.
Many thanks for looking!
A November Jupiter
My first attempt at imaging Jupiter this season. Conditions were pretty hopeless with persistent streaming cloud hampering my efforts. This coupled with bitterly cold air meant the result was that I was only able to acquire this one image from the session.
This is Jupiter's so-called "boring side" i.e the non Great Red Spot side imaged using a Baader 685nm IR pass filter. Plenty of detail is visible including two light oval storms towards the planet's South Pole.
A large elongated dark hot spot is visible in the South Equatorial Belt just left of centre. These are dark patches in the planet's ammonia clouds, at the top of Jupiter's atmosphere, which permit a look into Jupiter's hotter, darker cloud layers below.
Jupiter is such a dynamic world that there is always something to see.
Imaged with a Celestron C11 SCT and a ZWO 290MM camera fitted with a Baader 685nm pass filter.
Many thanks for looking!