Wonderful!

You can see the clound-bands moving in relation to each other. The winds must be ferocious!

You're right about the Red Spot. Its color has been steadily fading for most of my life. When I was a kid in the early '70s it had a vivid brick-red hue.

This is just beautiful.
Puts many things in perspective.

my normal camera can zoom in on jupiter enough to see it's biggest moon revolve around it

Very cool indeed.

I noticed at 43 seconds into the video there seems to be a line of blurriness running from the top of the planet to the bottom. All the clouds seem slightly distorted along that line.

Originally posted by PhoenixOD
Very cool indeed.

I noticed at 43 seconds into the video there seems to be a line of blurriness running from the top of the planet to the bottom. All the clouds seem slightly distorted along that line.

Good catch. I had been looking for that and had not found it.

The video shows one and one-half rotation of Jupiter. Since its "day" is 10 hours, this equates to a nominal 15 hour period. However, since this is taken from a single observatory (Pic du Midi, in France), the planet would set before the whole video could be taken (there's also the little matter of a thing called "daylight" that would normally interfere, but since Jupiter was at opposition, it was rising when the Sun set and vice-versa). Thus it had to be taken over two or more nights, and we should expect a seam or a splice somewhere.

The article says that it was taken over 5 nights, so there are probably several such seams. I think I found another one near the end of the vid.

I'm just astounded by the clarity & resolution obtained by this 1-meter 'scope. The technology must've advanced to the point where it is nearly diffraction limited.

Does anyone know why we can't see any of the Galilean moons?

Originally posted by Threadfall
Does anyone know why we can't see any of the Galilean moons?

My guess is that the video was actually made by stitching together many images of Jupiter over a period of time and in making the vid, they may have simply focused on the planet itself in order to make it as seamless as possible.

Not sure if that's true - I'm just guessing here...

Originally posted by Saint Exupery
Wonderful!

You can see the clound-bands moving in relation to each other. The winds must be ferocious!

You're right about the Red Spot. Its color has been steadily fading for most of my life. When I was a kid in the early '70s it had a vivid brick-red hue.

Yes - we're probably about the same age and I clearly remember the Red Spot being a very deep and vivid red.

My question is - why is not red now?

Did it contain an abundance of some element that shows red in the visible light spectrum and now no longer does? If so - what element and where did it go? Or is there something new there now that shows cream colored in the visible light spectrum which has overtaken the red?

I know it is said that the "red spot" is a giant storm that has been raging for hundreds of years. Is it just gas? Are there heavier dust or ice particles on Jupiter's surface too?

Hopefully someone with more knowledge in these areas can provide some info.

I do think that both Jupiter and Saturn are amazing though. The Cassini photo's of Saturn are mind-blowing too...