3 hours of rotation - Jupiter, GRS and NEB Upheaval Animation

[Mike Salway]

Hi all

Captured on the 23rd June (local time), this animation represents 3 hours of rotation on Jupiter, as the Great Red Spot (quite a bit paler this year) transits across the face of the gas giant. Also visible, down lower on the NEB, is the new “NEB Upheaval” – a series of new spots and disturbances that are likely to change the look of the NEB for the remainder of the season.

Click the image to see the full 17-frame animation which covers 3 hours of rotation. It’s a 2.4mb gif file.


Also attached are 3 stills from the animation, showing near the start, middle and end of the sequence.

More here:
Jupiter, GRS and NEB Upheaval Animation

Thanks for looking.

[Gonzo13]

That is amazing. It looks like one of the moons starts to go across in the animation. I actually saw Jupiter and 4 of it's moons last year through my telescope. Great shots.

[Mike Salway]

Thanks Gonzo.
You're right - at the very end, Io comes out from behind Jupiter.

Cheers

[bradzo66]

Awesome as usual Mike , this is really cool .

[Silverz]

Thats pretty amazing stuff. I have never seen jupiter like this before

[ressalg]

Great shots, Mike. Being an amature astronomer/astrophotographer, I can appreciate the efforts to produce the images. Keep up the great work!!

[Mike Salway]

Thanks guys, appreciate the comments.

[jack russell]

wow! what more can I say .. what is that red flash at the very end?

[ressalg]

Originally Posted by jack russell

wow! what more can I say .. what is that red flash at the very end?

I might be wrong, but it's possible it's one of Jupiter's moons coming into view (possibly Io?). I'm sure Mike would know better. I do know it's pretty hard to be able to expose the planet properly and still be able to pick up the moons with the same exposure. Not impossible... but I've never been able to manage it.

[sheldonc]

amazing - do you think i'll get something similar using my 70-300mm - joking aside thanks for posting this as i would never get to randomly see something like this anywhere but here