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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Jupiter (11 January 2013) new

#5622634 - 01/14/13 12:56 PM Attachment (39 downloads)

I finally had a (nice) view on the zone after the GRS. It was a spectacular one: whole the SEB was split in a northern and southern component. Never saw something like that. This time the southern polar region looked darker than the southern. Last month it was the opposite.

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PeterDob
professor emeritus

Reged: 07/29/05

Loc: Carù, Italy

Re: Jupiter (11 January 2013) new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5622824 - 01/14/13 02:55 PM

Beautiful and very realistic sketch, Jef! You have a good eye for detail, like e.g. the fuzziness of the planetary surface near the edge. My sincere compliments!

Peter

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frank5817
Postmaster

Reged: 06/13/06

Loc: Illinois

Re: Jupiter (11 January 2013) new

[Re: PeterDob]
#5623266 - 01/14/13 07:23 PM

Jef,

Oh yes, very nice sketch. Finally you got a clear night.
How about that Jupiter, really putting on a fine show.

Frank

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Andrev
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/08/11

Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Re: Jupiter (11 January 2013) new

[Re: frank5817]
#5623269 - 01/14/13 07:24 PM

Beautiful sketch Jef. I like it.

Andre.

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Ed D
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/30/10

Loc: Sunny South Florida

Re: Jupiter (11 January 2013) new

[Re: Andrev]
#5623384 - 01/14/13 08:39 PM

Jef, glad you got to observe the amazing things Jupiter is showing. I too got a view of the enormous wake following the GRS the other night - spectacular just doesn't seem to describe it well enough. I also noticed that night that the South Polar Region was as dark or darker than the northern one. Nice sketch depicting the beautiful views.

Ed D

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azure1961p
Postmaster

Reged: 01/17/09

Loc: USA

Re: Jupiter (11 January 2013) new

[Re: Ed D]
#5623464 - 01/14/13 09:31 PM

Hi Jeff,

Excellent work. The disturbed NEB is well shown here. Those darker areas on the southern edge of the NEB are festoon bases no? Nice clean presentation. The STB trailing off is nicely done too.

It's been a wild season.

Pete

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Special Ed
Postmaster

Reged: 05/18/03

Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W

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[Re: azure1961p]
#5623477 - 01/14/13 09:39 PM

Jef,

Nice work on this Jupiter sketch.

The SEB is truly a sight and as Pete mentioned, you captured the very prominent South Temperate Belt (STB) nicely. That is quite a bay in the southern edge of the NEB, too.

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Chopin
Canis Insanus

Reged: 02/03/05

Loc: In the doghouse.

Re: Jupiter (11 January 2013) new

[Re: Special Ed]
#5624005 - 01/15/13 08:51 AM

Jef, what a dang fine sketch! I was also impressed with how much separation and variation has been occurring in the SEB lately. Beautifully rendered.

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MG1962
sage

Reged: 08/13/11

Re: Jupiter (11 January 2013) new

[Re: Chopin]
#5624322 - 01/15/13 12:39 PM

I am glad you posted that sketch. I saw the same detail and began to doubt my senses...never seen anything like it before.

Thanks for saving my sanity lol

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niteskystargazer
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/05/09

Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W

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[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5624816 - 01/15/13 05:07 PM

Jef,

Nice sketch of Jupiter

.

CS,KLU,

,

Tom

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Re: Jupiter (11 January 2013) [Re: azure1961p]
#5626565 - 01/16/13 04:42 PM

Thanks all for the nice words. But when I see some of your sketches there still must be some more detail to catch with my 30 cm...

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Those darker areas on the southern edge of the NEB are festoon bases no?

That's right. They look really blue/grey to me. Maybe I sketched them a little to dark.

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Heidescoper
super member

Reged: 11/21/10

Loc: Niedersachsen, Germany

Re: Jupiter (11 January 2013) new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5627365 - 01/17/13 02:31 AM

hi Jef,
nice sketch, and no clouds over B

?
you got the new BAR inside the NEBn at ~ 240° !

Bye Christian

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PeterDob
professor emeritus

Reged: 07/29/05

Loc: Carù, Italy

Re: Jupiter (11 January 2013) new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5627443 - 01/17/13 05:08 AM

Quote:

Thanks all for the nice words. But when I see some of your sketches there still must be some more detail to catch with my 30 cm...

Well, Belgium isn't really renowned for its excellent seeing so in order to get more detail you'd have to be lucky. I didn't see much more with my 18" when I made my Jupiter drawing, but then again that was on a night with bad seeing as well.

Cheers,

Peter

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