Welcome to the BAA Jupiter section web pages.

Here you'll find a wealth of information about how to observe the Solar System's largest Planet. You'll also find guides on observing and imaging, recent reports and in-depth publications regarding Jovian activity.

If you are looking for an introduction to the planet Jupiter, click GUIDES

  For advice on observing Jupiter, click  PROGRAMME

  For Jupiter weather reports up to 2015, click REPORTS

  For Jupiter weather reports from 2015 onward, click NEW WEBSITE

  Looking for most recent images of Jupiter visit LINKS

  For definitive published reports click  REFERENCE ARTICLES

  For section publications click PUBLICATIONS

  For maps of the Jovian Moons click HERE

 

                                  LAST UPDATE: May 26th, 2016

The BAA Jupiter Section now has a new web site at

https://www.britastro.org/section_front/15

which is used for reports from 2015 onwards. 

However, this web site is still maintained and new material relating to older apparitions will be posted on it from time to time.

 

Some  views of the giant planet (all with south up):

(a) Drawing by Mario Frassati (Italy), 2002 Jan.12. Visual observers can still record interesting changes on the planet.  At this time there was notable colour in the NEB (reddish) and northern EZ (dull yellowish).  The Great Red Spot is near the right-hand edge.

(b) Image by Damian Peach (Barbados), 2006 April 14, using a Celestron-14 with Lumenera 075M camera.  Io and its shadow are crossing in front of the NEB north edge. The GRS is on the right, with streaks orbiting within it.

(c) Image by Donald C. Parker (Florida), 2006 July 10.  The newly-reddened oval BA was passing the GRS and appears just above it.

(d) Image in the methane band (890 nm infrared), also by Don Parker, taken 7 minutes after (c).  Methane images show the high cloud decks overlying the GRS and oval BA and the polar regions.

(e) Falso-colour image by Tomio Akutsu (Philippines), 2006 July 1, using a Celestron-11 with ToUcan II  camera. This combines images in methane band (red), near-infrared continuum (green), and ultraviolet (blue). High cloud decks appear red.

 

                    

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