You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Observing >> Planetary and Solar System Observing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Dean Norris sage Reged: 11/05/08 Posts: 431 Loc: Santa Cruz, Ca Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09       #3416334 - 10/28/09 03:26 PM Attachment (34 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here are 2 sketches of Jupiter. In the first sketch, festoons are visible in the EZ. I observed the festoons crossing the EZ from the NTB to the STB. The festoons also appeared at regular intervals across the globe. Sketch 2 shows the dark spot visible in the STRz with a dark patch up above it in the STZ. David Sabia's post alerted me to this marking and I finally got a chance to see it. Below are the details on each sketch. South is at the top of the sketches. Sketch #1 10/22/09 3:55-4:15 U.T. Sys I 7.53 Sys II 15.89 Sys III 130.10 154x Apodizing Mask 10" Newtonian F/6 Sketch #2 10/26/09 3:55-4:15 U.T. Sys I 300.02 Sys II 277.67 Sys III 32.95 154x Apodizing Mask 10" Newtonian F/6 Dean Edited by Dean Norris (10/28/09 03:41 PM) Post Extras:       starrancher professor emeritus Reged: 06/09/09 Posts: 620 Loc: Northern Arizona Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: Dean Norris]       #3416345 - 10/28/09 03:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great sketches Dean ! .................That's a great lookin' setup in your "Avitar" . Is that what you're using ? Can you post a photo in a larger format ? Thanks Dave -------------------- LXD75 AR5 LXD75 SN8 Series 4000 Plossls Misc. other stuff Fort Rock , Az . Post Extras:       Dean Norris sage Reged: 11/05/08 Posts: 431 Loc: Santa Cruz, Ca Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: starrancher]       #3416375 - 10/28/09 03:44 PM Attachment (14 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Dave. Here a image of my scope. -------------------- 1971 10" Cave Newtonian F/6 MoonLite CR Focuser Telrad Finder 8x50 finder TV 40mm, 32, 20, 7.4, Meade 6mm, UO 5mm, Meade 2x Barlow 7x50 Binoculars Edited by Dean Norris (10/28/09 03:45 PM) Post Extras:       starrancher professor emeritus Reged: 06/09/09 Posts: 620 Loc: Northern Arizona Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: Dean Norris]       #3416534 - 10/28/09 05:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That is sweet Dean . ....Is that a rotatable ring setup ? -------------------- LXD75 AR5 LXD75 SN8 Series 4000 Plossls Misc. other stuff Fort Rock , Az . Edited by starrancher (10/28/09 05:25 PM) Post Extras:       Tommy5 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/28/04 Posts: 1824 Loc: Chicagoland Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: starrancher]       #3416988 - 10/28/09 09:29 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice Jupiter sketches plenty of detail, next year Jupiter will be higher in the sky and you should be able to get even better views. Post Extras:       Dean Norris sage Reged: 11/05/08 Posts: 431 Loc: Santa Cruz, Ca Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: Tommy5]       #3417178 - 10/28/09 10:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Dave, Yes those are rotating rings. Thanks Tommy5. I'm looking forward to next year's opposition. It will be nice to see Jupiter higher in the sky. Dean -------------------- 1971 10" Cave Newtonian F/6 MoonLite CR Focuser Telrad Finder 8x50 finder TV 40mm, 32, 20, 7.4, Meade 6mm, UO 5mm, Meade 2x Barlow 7x50 Binoculars Post Extras:       petries3 member Reged: 10/06/08 Posts: 15 Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: Dean Norris]       #3418403 - 10/29/09 02:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Those are beautiful, detailed sketches, Dean. I appreciate the one from Oct 26 in particular, in order to confirm my observation of the same evening. Using a 70mm ED refractor, I had quite a more limited, gross view than yours, but I did make note of a dark spot visible in the STRz. Nice to see it wasn't my imagination. Post Extras:       Dean Norris sage Reged: 11/05/08 Posts: 431 Loc: Santa Cruz, Ca Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: petries3]       #3418598 - 10/29/09 04:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Petries3, Thank you for your kind words. On the Solar System Imaging + Processing Forum there is a image by Freddy Willems that shows the dark spot as well. Jupiter October 27, 2009 - Hawaii I plan to observe Jupiter on Friday night and maybe, if I am lucky, the dark spot. Dean -------------------- 1971 10" Cave Newtonian F/6 MoonLite CR Focuser Telrad Finder 8x50 finder TV 40mm, 32, 20, 7.4, Meade 6mm, UO 5mm, Meade 2x Barlow 7x50 Binoculars Post Extras:       CarlosEH Post Laureate Reged: 01/19/05 Posts: 4150 Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County... Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: Dean Norris]       #3419157 - 10/29/09 09:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Dean, Excellent observations of Jupiter showing a good amount of detail. Your 10" Cave Newtonian is beautiful to look at as well as view through. Thank you for sharing them with us all. Carlos -------------------- Post Extras:       Dean Norris sage Reged: 11/05/08 Posts: 431 Loc: Santa Cruz, Ca Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: CarlosEH]       #3420455 - 10/30/09 03:51 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you Carlos. The seeing on both of those evenings wasn't the best, but I was grateful to observe since fog has prevented me from viewing more lately. Jupiter continues to fascinate me with it's complex ever changing features My telescope will soon be upgraded with a new secondary mirror and spider from Protostar. It will be interesting to see if I notice an improvement in the performance. I look forward to viewing Mars as well this year. Mars was one of the objects that got me hooked on astronomy years ago. Steady Skies, Dean -------------------- 1971 10" Cave Newtonian F/6 MoonLite CR Focuser Telrad Finder 8x50 finder TV 40mm, 32, 20, 7.4, Meade 6mm, UO 5mm, Meade 2x Barlow 7x50 Binoculars Post Extras:       SabiaJD professor emeritus Reged: 02/20/05 Posts: 510 Loc: Clarks Summit, PA Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: Dean Norris]       #3423566 - 11/01/09 11:13 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice sketches of Jupiters disk Dean. Happy to see you also have a sketch of the dark spot in the STRZ. I've been able to get one other view of it in very poor seeing conditions. Possibile viewing times of the next transit of the GRS, Oval BA and the dark spot in the STRZ has just been posted on my Observing Blog at http://lackawannaastronomicalsociety.org/?page_id=203 Good Observing, -------------------- John D. Sabia Post Extras:       Dean Norris sage Reged: 11/05/08 Posts: 431 Loc: Santa Cruz, Ca Re: Jupiter Sketches 10/22,26/09 [Re: SabiaJD]       #3423982 - 11/01/09 03:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you John. I have seen the dark spot twice now and will continue to observe it for any changes. In addition to this spot I also observed a another interesting spot which borders the NEB and EQZ. It's a little larger than the STRz spot. In addition, this spot has a bluish green tint and seems to associated with a festoon around it . I have made a sketch and will post it when I can. I have read on this forum of other people seeing this object and referring to it as a blue festoon. The spot transited the meridian at 5:05 U.T. on 10/31/09. When it transited I could still make out the STRz spot near the limb rotating out of view. Thank you for bringing the spot in the STRz to my attention. It looks like I will have clear skies for a while to view these markings again and I will be using the information on your fine website. Dean -------------------- 1971 10" Cave Newtonian F/6 MoonLite CR Focuser Telrad Finder 8x50 finder TV 40mm, 32, 20, 7.4, Meade 6mm, UO 5mm, Meade 2x Barlow 7x50 Binoculars Edited by Dean Norris (11/01/09 05:19 PM) Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 2 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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