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Jupiter in 2010-11

Observing Site: Selsey, West Sussex, UK. +50°43' N, 00°47" W.

Opposition date: Sep 20th, 2010. Apparent Opposition Diameter: 49.79". Declination:-1°31'. Constellation: Pisces

The opposition of 2010 is the closest opposition of Jupiter to occur since the 1960s. The disk diameter attains almost 50" in apparent diameter, and the declination has much improved with the Planet much higher for northern observers.

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Jupiter on August 24th, 2010. Good seeing. The GRS and Oval BA are in conjunction. Io and its shadow are seen in Transit.

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Jupiter on August 9th, 2010. Good seeing this morning. The giant white spot Z is prominent in the NEB.

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Jupiter on July 29th, 2010. Two prominent white ovals in the NEB are close to each other, with a prominent rift running past them.

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Jupiter on July 23rd, 2010. Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede is visible in transit across the disk. The huge white spot Z is prominent in the NEB.

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Jupiter on July 19th, 2010. Three red spots are nicely seen in these images - The GRS, Oval BA and NNTZ LRS.

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Jupiter on July 11th, 2010. White spot Z and the GRS are visible in these images.

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Jupiter on July 10th, 2010. Good seeing. A prominent NEB rift. A dark array of STB spots is again present.

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Jupiter on July 6th, 2010. Poor seeing and transparency. Rather quiet across this hemisphere.

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Jupiter on July 4th, 2010. The GRS is prominent with white spot Z standing out on the NEB.

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Jupiter on July 3rd, 2010. A bright NEB rift developing and prominent oval in far northern latitudes.

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Jupiter on July 1st, 2010. A rather quiet scene across Jupiter on this night.

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Jupiter on June 28th, 2010. A nice array of STBn spots is present. Prominent NEB rifts.

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Jupiter on June 27th, 2010. The GRS is prominent, especially in Blue light. Note Oval BA coming onto this disk, prominent in the Methane band images.

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Jupiter on June 26th, 2010. Good seeing. The disturbed NTB and array of STBn spots are nicely seen in these images. Note the bi-coloured appearance of the SEB.

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Jupiter on June 25th, 2010. Oval BA and the disturbed STB following are nicely seen.

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Jupiter on June 24th, 2010. The shadow of Ganymede can be seen just touching the edge of the Planet at bottom left.

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Jupiter on June 23rd, 2010. Io and its shadow are in Transit across the disk. A nice array of STBn spots is present. Prominent NEB rifts.

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Jupiter on June 22nd, 2010. The first images of the apparition. The SEB has now faded completely. The GRS appears dark.