Observation by Geof Lewis: Jupiter (showing new NTr zone oubreak) -...

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Geof Lewis

Observer

Geof Lewis

Observed

2025 Jan 10 - 19:53

Uploaded

2025 Jan 11 - 21:02

Objects

Jupiter

Equipment

C14
AP1200GTO CP3
ASI462MC
ADC
Astronomic Type2 L; Astronomic Pro Planet IR642; ZWO CH4

Exposure

OSC & IR 13ms (76fps); CH4 66ms (15fps)

Location

Norfolk, UK

Target name

Jupiter

Title

Jupiter (showing new NTr zone oubreak) - 10 Jan 2025

About this image

I spent a few hours out in the feeezing cold on 10 Jan '25, imaging Jupiter and Mars and was delighted to be rewarded with capturing a newly discovered outbreak in Jupiter's North Tropical Zone (NTrZ). It is seen as a bright spot clearly visible in the IR and Methane (CH4) band images, but also just visible in OSC. The outbreak was first reported the same night at 20:30 by Clyde Foster (Namibia) who originally captured it at 18:41, followed by Manos Kardasis (Athens), who being further east actually captured it about half an hour earlier than Clyde, at 18:07. I was unaware of these reports until after my session, with my first SER capture of the outbreak at 19:30. The annotated capture time of the OSC image is as a result of a later midpoint for the total captures included in the de-rotation.

Files associated with this observation

Jupiter_2025Jan10_19531_gdbl_osc+ir+ch4.jpg (387.8 kB)

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