Capturing Jupiter - dynamic of changes on planets surface

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Matija Cecelja avatar
Matija Cecelja avatar

Yesterday i saw post on Facebook by Damian Peach about rotation of GRS on Jupiter and i was stunned by the speed of the rotation during little more than 1,5 hours. When you consider the size of the GRS it was really a breathtaking cognition for me as im not very much in planet photography.

I was wondering if its possible that big details planet surface like white spots in the southern region of the Jupiter belts can appear and wanish within a day?

Bellow i have tried to sketch additional white spot on my friends pictures, hopefully that it will be clearer what im asking:

Jupiter left - taken on March 10th 2026 - no aditional white spot

Jupiter middle - (picture same as the right one, just marked with red theoretical additional white spot like the one nearby) - theoretically taken on March 11th 2026

Jupiter right - taken on March 12th 2026 - no additional white spot

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Is it possible that during one day this “theoretical” aditional white spot wanishes?

Credits for pictures above to Gordan Bartolic.

Im looking to get in photography of planets soon and this theory got me puzzled if its possible.

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

CS

Matija

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andrea tasselli avatar
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If you put a red dot over it how can anyone possible see what you're talking about?  The long lived STB ovals have been there for a long long time.
Jenny Jones avatar
Jenny Jones avatar

Watch this movie from Cassini - this will give you a better idea of the Jovian cloud motions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_otZf3sw0

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SonnyE avatar
SonnyE avatar

Wanishes? That’s a new one to me.

Planetary takes the biggest of the big mounts and telescopes. Good luck to you.

Geof Lewis avatar
Geof Lewis avatar

Hello Matija,

Jupiter is a very dynamic planet and being a gas giant, changes in it’s features happen quite rapidly as shown in Damian’s excellent gif presentation of the GRS. The white ovals that you mention are very long lived, so no they will not appear and disappear within 1 day. However, new outbreaks do occur and their appearance, development and eventual disappearance is something of scientific interest to the community.

There were several such outbreaks in the northern regions of Jupiter last year which are well documented in Dr John Rogers reports at the British Astronimical Association seen here https://britastro.org/section_information_/jupiter-section-overview/jupiter-in-2024-25

If you are able to open reports No 4 and 5 (NTBs outbreaks) you will see images and narrative about them. Research and analysis like this is combined with and even helps inform observations made by JWST and the Juno orbiter missions.

Great care is taken by amateur observers to accurately record their images to time frames within less than one minute using Universal Time (UT) as the standard measurement time, so that Dr Roger’s team and others WW can accurately measure the development of these interesting events and other features.

Best regards,

Geof

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