Jupiter

Jupiter is showing a lot of details all across the disc in this image. The Great Red Spot has just dissappeared out of view around the left limb but it's trail of turbulence is evident in the northern equatorial belt.
To the south of the equator are many blue festoons and a considerable white oval is wisible to the right on the lover edge of the southern equatorial belt.

Technical details

OPTICS10" Newtonian f/5.2, TeleVue 5x Powermate
MOUNTLosmandy G11 equatorial
CAMERAPhilips ToUCam Pro SC1 webcam
FILTERSNone
EXPOSURE~1000 x 1/25th s
DATE/TIME18/04/2006 12:28 UTC
LOCATIONMy backyard observatory in west Auckland, New Zealand

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