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Jupiter Image 2006/03/05(UT)

Carlos.E.Hernandez,David Arditti
Carlos.E,D.Arditti
Carlos E. Hernandez (Drawing:9-inch (23-cm) F/13.5 Maksutov- Cassegrain)
I made an observation of Jupiter on March 5,2006 at 07:00 U.T. under average to good seeing conditions (6-7/10). A complex,irregular segment of the South Equatorial Belt (SEB) was noted as shown. The North Equatorial Belt (NEB) displayed much detail as well. I welcome any comments that you may have on my observation.

Date (U.T.): March 5,2006
Time (U.T.): 07:00
L1 194.1,L2 246.5,L3 007.9
De -3.3,Ds -3.0,40.0" (equatorial)
Instrument: 9-inch (23-cm) F.13.5 Maksutov-Cassegrain
Magnification: 172x,248x,and 271x
Filter: Klee OPS Barlow
Seeing (1-10): 6-7,Antoniadi (I-V): III-II
Transparency (1-6): 4 (haze)

Notes:
South Polar Region (SPR): Appears dark to dull (3-5/10) and mottled.
South South Temperate Belt (SSTB): Appears dusky (4/10) and thin.
South Temperate Zone (STZ): Appears bright (7/10) and thin.
South Temperate Belt (STB): Appears dark (3/10) with four,small bright (7/10) ovals within it.
South Tropical Zone (STrZ): Appears bright (7/10) without any detail visible within.
South Equatorial Belt (SEB): Appears dark to dull (3-5/10) with an irregular,bright (7/10) complex noted between dusky (4/10)
curvilinear projections extending from the northern border.
Equatorial Zone (EZ): Appears bright (7/10) with a thin,dull (5/10) band over it's center. Elongated,very bright (8/10) ovals
are noted along the southern border of the NEB between festoons.
North Equatorial Belt (NEB): Appears dark to dusky (3-4/10) with a thin,bright (7/10),irregular zone (NEB-Z) towards the
northern border.
North Tropical Zone (NTrZ): Appears bright (7/10) without any other detail visible within.
North Polar Region (NPR): Appears dark to dull (3-5/10) and mottled.

[[Carlos.E. Hernandez  South Florida U.S.A ]]
David Arditti (250mm Dall-Kirkham Cassegrain:ATK camera)
An RGB sequence from the 5th. Seeing quite poor. Blue suffers from the ringing distortion, as can be seen, as it frequently does in poor seeing.
The 3-filter method does reproduce greens better than the 2 filter method, and I am not finding the results less sharp than my R(sG)B images of this apparition.

[David Arditti: Edgware Middlesex HA8 5LW: United Kingdom]
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