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Anyway, now I'm curious about the dark spot behind the GRS. It wasn't a moon shadow, but was rather elongated and brownish.

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That thing wasn't there last year . I noticed it the first time I caught Jupiter earlier this year & then saw articles about the new feature . ....This is one of the things that is so cool about Jupiter . It changes all the time . I miss some of the smaller white spots that were in the NEB a couple years ago . At times , the thing looked like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle with the eye holes cut out in the bandanna .
Does anyone remember that ?



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the thing looked like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle with the eye holes cut out in the bandanna .

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Sorry I missed that, lol. Now, that's high adventure making faces in the clouds of Jupiter. Cool!

Well, maybe I'll start looking for some close-up pics for the Great Dark Spot.

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...I noticed a dark spot just behind the GRS, following it, but couldn't resolve it well enough to see any detail in it. I also tried the 120ST on the scene, but the SCT gave a better image, of course (although not as much better as I expected). Anyway, now I'm curious about the dark spot behind the GRS. It wasn't a moon shadow, but was rather elongated and brownish.

Anyone else catch a glimpse?

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That dark area ( perhaps called a barge) started to form in early July. It was visible in images made all through July, but was difficult to see visually until well into August. In sketched observations I made on August 4th and that Sol Robbins made on August 2nd, neither of us detected the barge. By mid-August, visual observers were starting to see it as RLTYS reported above. By the end of August, it was quite dark and prominent (see this sketch) .

I've been unable to do much astronomy the past couple of months and consequently have lost touch with what Jupiter is looking like these days (except for images). From your report, it sounds like the barge is still quite visible.

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