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Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jul 7 02:45:00 2007 UT   Obs. no.: 1677

Last evening I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK. The Great Red Spot still looks more red this year than in other years. It is very interesting to look at. I'm still having a hard time detecting the South Equitorial Belt. It has really faded this year. I'm still seeing festoons on the North Equitorial Belt and the South Polar Hood is still much more pronounced than the North Polar Hood. I also observed the sun this morning with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Now that Sunspot #961 has rotated off the sun's face there are no more sunspots on the sun's face.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Mon Jul 2 03:30:00 2007 UT   Obs. no.: 1675

Last night I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK in order to view The Great Red Spot. The GRS is still looking mighty red to me. It's been years since I've seen seen it this red. I wonder if this is related to the South Equitorial Belt fading in brightness this year. Also there were festoons on the North Equitorial Belt. The weather on Jupiter seems to be really changing. Also this morning, I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Sunspot #961 is now past the sun's meridian and it remains a quiet sunspot.

I just finished observing Jupiter with my 127mm MAK. The red spot looked more reddish in color than I've seen it in a long time. I looked at it for at least ten minutes and the red color really impressed me. Also the South Equitorial Belt has not disappeared. I was able to see it rather easily tonight. Earlier I observed Venus and it is now about a 45% waning crescent. Both ends of the crescent had obvious cusps on them. I've been seeing them for the last few observations.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 24 02:00:00 2007 UT   Obs. no.: 1670

Last evening my friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I showed some astronomical objects for the public at the West Haven Beach. The first object we showed was the first quarter moon. The Apennines Mountains always show up best during the first quarter moon. Last night was no exception and the public enjoyed it. We then went to Venus which is now about a 45% waning crescent. There were some dark blotches in Venus' clouds. As usual Saturn was the big hit with the public and Titan was also in view. When we turned our scope on Jupiter, I noticed once again how difficult the South Equitorial Belt was to see. It seems to me the SEB has all but disappeared. Meanwhile both the North and South Temperate belts have become visible on Jupiter's face. We then moved to the bright star Antares. Surprisingly we were able to see Antares companion star with not to much difficulty. The smaller companion looked like it was attached to Antares. The double double was also split by our dob and we finished the evening off by showing Albereo the colorful star in the Summer Triangle. Once again we had a nice night of viewing.

Last evening I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK. The North Equitorial Belt had a lot of festoons on it. I also saw a white oval that looked like it was on the south end of the NEB. The South Equitorial Belt could hardly be seen. The SEB has really faded this year and I think it's possible it will disappear altogether like it did in the 1990s. I was once again able to glimpse the South Temperate Belt. The South Polar Hood looks much larger and darker than its northern counterpart. I also observed Antares with my scope. When you look at Antares in a telescope, it looks yellower than it does in binoculars or the naked eye. This morning I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar telescope. There are no sunspots on the sun as has been true for the last week.

This evening I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK in order to see The Great Red Spot which was transiting Jupiter's face. The GRS looked a rather tannish color. I read were some astronomers said it was a deeper red this year but I disagree. It looked a bit redder last year to me. I also noticed the GRS may be larger in size than last year but that is a big if. All four of Jupiter's moons were perfect disks.

Early this morning I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK. More and more detail is showing on Jupiter as opposition approaches. The north eqitorial belt is much darker than the south eqitorial belt. On the equitorial side of the NEB were two white ovals side by side. I believe these are more or less permanent features of Jupiter. As usual, Jupiter's moons were perfect disks. Several hours later I made me first observation of Mars for this year. The disk of Mars was much too small to see any detail but its south polar cap, which is now at its maximum size was easy to see. Since Mars is heading for spring in its southern hemisphere, the south polar cap will start to recede. Finally, hours later, I observed the sun with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Spaceweather.com reports a new sunspot, #958 has just emerged on the eastern limb. I cannot see it at all and I believe it has disapated.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Tue May 15 05:30:00 2007 UT   Obs. no.: 1656

Early this moening, I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK with a 12mm Televue eyepiece. The north equitorial belt looks much darker than the south equitorial belt. The zones between the belts were very clear and as a result I was able to see white ovals near the SEB. The south polar hood was well seen but the north polar hood can only be seen faintly. Jupiters four moon's discs were easily seen. I then attached my Star Spectroscope onto my telescope so I could see the spetra of Antares located in Scorpio. I was able to count five spectral lines in Antares which shows what a cool old dying star Antares is. In fact Betelgeuse with seven spetral lines is the only bright star that is older and cooler than Antares.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2, est. to be in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: poor
Time: Mon Apr 30 06:30:00 2007 UT   Obs. no.: 1647

Early this moerning I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK. Because of poor seeing I was only able to observe both equitorial belts with the NEB being brighter than the SEB. I also noticed that I could only see the shading in the south polar region and not in the north polar region. All four moons were beautiful discs with the two larger moons looking ruddy in color.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.1, est. to be in Virgo)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jun 19 01:00:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1546

This evening, My brother Anthony and I observed the conjunction of Mars and Saturn. We also took a bino view of both Jupiter and Mercury. The first thing we did was admire Mars being less than a degree over Saturn. Mars and Saturn were only a little further apart than they were on Saturday evening. Next, we checked the colors of each planet through our binos. Jupiter looks white with possibly a little yellow tinge to it. Saturn looks just plain yellow while Mars just above it was its usual ruddy color. By the way, this means there is no global dust storm occuring on Mars. Finally, we hopped to Mercury were we found its color to have a pinkish tinge to it. Last but not least, my brother and I drew a imaginary line from Jupiter to both Mars and Saturn and then finally to Mercury. This is the ecliptic.

Jupiter (Planet)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 7x50-mm binoculars   Location: constanta, romania
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Tue Jun 6 18:18:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1589

Once again,after one week(previous observation on30 May)all four galileans visible.Sky darkness not complete at 21:18h(local time)when only three satellites were visible.Just four minutes later the fourth appeared at lower left.Moon phase:gibbous(ten-day moon).

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.4, est. to be in Libra)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Jun 1 02:30:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1536

First time in over a month to really view Jupiter with some clarity. Using binoviewers, a 2x barlow and a planetary color booster, 4 bands easily appeared as well as both polar zones. Using a Jupiter Satellite program, I was able to tell that the GRS was not visible during my observation. What appeared as a smaller version of the Great Red Spot may possibly have been a festoon. Jupiter currently is still over 42" but will continue to shrink as it is passed its opposition early this month. I have posted some pics on my website.

jupiter in Libra;three-day Moon(spectacular Mare Crisium crossed by the terminator).Despite light pollution I was able to see all four galilean satellites,two of each site of the planet,from upper right to lower left.Usually,I can see only two or three of them.Nice surprise.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Libra)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Sun May 28 02:10:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1533

This evening, I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK. Using my new Orthoscopic eyepiece with an orange filter, I was able to enjoy a nice view of the Great Red Spot. The GRS now has an orange tinge to it. Just a reminder, an orange filter will not affect the color of the GRS. The orange color seems to be deepenimg to me. I also think the North Temperate belt may be reappearing. I was able to see a small section of it. The north Equitorial Belt had some obvious festooning in it. Also, Europa's shadow was transiting Jupiter but alas, I could not see it.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Libra)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: poor
Time: Sun Apr 30 03:45:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1529

I got my first oppurtunity to view (and capture) a transition of Io in front of Jupiter. Starting at 10:45 on Saturday night, I noticed a small black dot that appeared on Jupiter at 250x. Seeing was not very good as there was turbulence in the atmosphere. Using a Jupiter Satellite program I have installed on my pc, it showed that Io had just stared a transit across Jupiter. I watched until alittle after 1:15 that morning, capturing shots along the way. Io itself could not be spotted as it blended in on the face of Jupiter. I could only see the small pinpoint shadow left by Io. It was my first transition of a Jovian moon. I have posted pics on my website. Hopefully the atmosphere will clear up as May 4 is Jupiter's opposition. It will span 44.7 arc-seconds.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.3, est. to be in Libra)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Apr 27 03:30:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1528

This evening, I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK. I saw festoons on the north equitorial belt with some white ovals embedded in them. The south temperate belt is now easily seen as Jupiter gets closer to opposition. There are now two faint stars near Jupiter. This makes it look like Jupiter has six Galalean moons. It's a very interesting sight.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.4)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Apr 2 06:00:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1519

The weather was touch and go all day long but the rain cleared out by early afternoon. I started observing with Saturn around 11:00 PM. With Saturn just starting to set in the West it was still pretty high up. Around midnight, Jupiter was high enough to start viewing. Conditions were excellent as the GRS was front and center on the planet's disk. I managed a couple of images throughout the session. As Jupiter continued to rise, the image quality became much better. Jupiter is a stunning 42.5 arcseconds right now and by the end of April it will measure a colossal 44 arcseconds.I have posted the pics on my website. Ended my session around 3:30 due to high winds wreaking havoc with my scope.

Early this morning, I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK. Using an orange filter, I was able to observe Jupiter's newest storm, the little red spot. The little red spot seems to be about half the size of the great red spot with a burnt orange tinge to it. Also, the LRS seems to be just off the south equitorial belt. This contrasts with the GRS which sits on the SEB. I also think I saw the south temperate belt. Earlier in the evening, I joined my friends Mike Dzubaty and Steve Borer to observe Saturn and Mars with Steve's 17" dob. I was able to see several different moons of Saturn. The rings also showed up nicely. We also tried to see if Mars' north polar icecap was showing yet. No matter how hard we tried, we could not see any icecaps or subtle markings on Mars. Mars did show an obvious gibbous phase.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.4, est. to be in Libra)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: poor
Time: Tue Mar 21 05:40:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1512

Early this morning, I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK. Using an orange filter, I was able to observe the great red spot. Thr GRS has now become much redder looking compared to my observations last year using an orange filter. To confirm that the GRS is redder, I took a look at my friend Joe Caggione's most recent image of Jupiter's GRS. His image also shows the GRS looking redder. I also wanted to observe the newly discovered Little Red Spot but I was not able to pick it out.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.4, est. to be in Libra)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars   Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Mar 19 06:00:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1511

Viewed Jupiter throughout the weekend. On Friday night into Saturday morning the clouds were pretty thick. Unlike Saturn, these actually helped me to attain a few nice pictures of the planet. The clouds acted as a natural glare filter against the brightness of the planet. Because of this, the disk was not white-washed and some detail was picked up without messing with a combination of different filters. Saturday night into Sunday morning was just the opposite. There were no clouds and extra filters were needed to draw out surface detail. I finally got a chance to "confirm" seeing the Great Red Spot. The planet is massive, currently measuring 42' across. Viewing was only so-so both days. Jupiter will continue to get larger as we head into it's opposition with the Earth. I have posted some pictures from both nights on my website.

Jupiter (Planet)
Observer: Lee S (e-mail: nospam-laspain123@aol.com, web: http://cgi.tripod.com/astro-cracker/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl)
Instrument: 2.8-inch refractor   Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Light pollution: severe   Transparency: good   Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Mar 4 07:00:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1503

Tonight I observed Jupiter for the first time with my Observer 70 refractor. The planet was bright and unmistakable in the East South East. The air was crisp and clear. I'd estimate that the temperature was in the high 20s or low 30s.I started with a 25mm Explorer II Kellner and then switched to a 9mm Plossl, 8mm Plossl and finally 5mm Plossl. Under low magnification, I'm pretty sure that I saw 6 moons (5 close and 1 a little further away). One of the moons seemed to be right on the edge of the planet. As I pushed the magnification, I could also see two definite bands on the planet with a hint of orangish color.Previously, I had only seen it with a 60mm Jason Astronaut that was limited to 60x magnification. That scope had only yielded a white disk with hints of colorless banding. Tonight was a quantum leap for my personal space program. For more information on observing Jupiter with small scopes (60-70mm refractors) and reflectors of up to about 114mm, please feel free to join us on the 60mm Astronomy Forum ( http://cgi.tripod.com/astro-cracker/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl ). It's an active little board dedicated to wringing the most out of small, generally inexpensive, scopes.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: good   Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jan 21 09:00:00 2006 UT   Obs. no.: 1473

After viewing M81 & M82, I decided to pull out the scope to view Jupiter. The planet was just rising and had not yet cleared my house. I turned towards the waning gibbous moon. I admired the clarity of what I was seeing even in less then ideal conditions. Viewed with binoviewers at 71x and 142x. After about 30 minutes, Jupiter rose enough that I could view it. Heat waves from the roof of my house degraded the image. Only the 2 most prominent equatorial belts were visible. There were 3 stars in the same FOV with the 4 moons. I managed to snap some shots with my webcam taped to the eyepiece. The view has been degraded due to rooftop heat and high level wisps of clouds. The pic is posted on my website.

Jupiter (Planet)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Horsham, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: excellent
Time: Thu Jun 23 02:00:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1250

Tonight I decided to stop by a Cutler's Camera that is advertised in Astronomy magazines. I picked up a Baader's Planetarium Contrast Booster for $29 (reg. $65) and a Meade Electronic Eyepiece for $39 (reg $79)! I immediately went home to use my new purchases at sundown. By using the filter, I had seen colors and clarity on Jupiter I had never seen before. At 203x, the colors of Jupiter were the same as in books and magazines. I could count 6 belts on the planets disk. The GRS was just moving off the planets limb. Even through the electronic eyepiece the image was about the size of a tennis ball using a 20" TV as a monitor and 2 belts could be seen as well as the 4 moons. I tried it on Mars after midnight but the red planet was still too low near the trees. I will have to try again later. I highly recommend the filter to anyone. The difference in clarity, color and contrast is like night and day.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -1, est. to be in Leo)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: good
Time: Tue May 10 03:00:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1229

Simply beautiful view of Jupiter last night! The outside temperature became brisk and there was not a cloud to be seen. I started out with the M81/82 system in Ursa Major in my 70mm binos. Spotted them within a few minutes with binos, however after 20 minutes decided to give up with the telescope. I moved on to Coma Berences yet again to no avail. There seems to be some light pollution that is just enough to drown out the galaxy clusters there. Due to my frustration getting the best of me, I moved on to an easy object, Jupiter. I was awestruck by the clarity. It was easily among the best I have seen of the gas giant. I could easily make out 4 dark bands and caught a glimpse of a curl in one the the 2 major bands. Still have not been able to see the GRS yet. This view surely saved the night. While viewing Jupiter I also caught a brilliant White-blue meteor that left a trail of about 3 fist lengths at arms reach. An added bonus after missing out on the Galaxies.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.3, est. to be in Virgo)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Tue May 10 01:00:00 2005 UT   Obs. no.: 1228

This evening, My friends Steve Borer, Mike Dzubaty and I also observed Jupiter with Steve's six inch dob. The great red spot was at the edge of the planet on the way to rotate off. In the short time we had to observe it we were not able to make out any color in it. Also, the south temperate belt has become much fainter than the north temperate belt. The NEB is also twice as thick as the SEB.

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