Video through astronomical telescope Jupiter in February 2015.

This is a video with Jupiter planet filmed through 203 mm astronomical telescope, where I caught the Red Spot towards us for observation.

Images processed Registax 5 of this video, see here.

Red Spot on Jupiter is actually a persistent anti-cylon storm, and scientists believe that it will be there for at least 150 years from now. This spot revolves counterclockwise in about 6 Earth days or 14 jovian days, and has dimensions so large that it can enter 2-3 Earths in it, with a width of between 24000-40000 km from east to west. There are indications that it begins to shrink. Between 1996-2006 the spot lost 15% of its size. Infrared images showed that inside the storm, temperatures are lower.

In the same night, the two Jupiter's moons Io and Ganymede met from our observational perspective.


Planet Jupiter
Magnitude: -2.10
Distance: 4.35 AU (650 750 738 km)
Illuminated: 100%

Astronomical instruments: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, plossl 20mm, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5)
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 02/12/2015
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Sony Vegas 10

Posted in: Planets-Jupiter