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11:53 am
June 18, 2010
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When the planet Jupiter emerged from behind the sun earlier this year, it left something behind…one of it's distiguishing bands. When I shot this photo I noticed something did not look right, the southern band was missing. I first thought it was just the limitations of my setup, but then saw this article confirming it:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100514-science-space-jupiter-lost-belt-great-red-spot/
 
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3:33 pm
June 18, 2010
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"Skepticism is not a position, it's a process." -Dr Michael Shermer
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3:44 pm
June 18, 2010
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I missed the Jupiter impact but have been following the aftermath (or lack thereof) Seems even Hubble can't find any sign of debris.
I've been meaning to get out and try to get the comet but our skies have only just recently cleared after the deluge and the way the last ~10 days have been going the chances of me actually hauling myself out at 0300 to try to get a shot of McNaught are about 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000,[buncha zeroes],000,000,000.3 (which is roughly [Mc]Naught) :)
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4:03 pm
June 18, 2010
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It's been a while since I looked at Jupiter. Last time was July 21 last year when I hauled out the little 6 inch scope (the first I ever built) to image an impactor near the pole. Can't remember now if it was north or south pole but it's at the bottom of the pic.
At the time both belts were visible. The black dot between the belts in these pics is one of Jupiter's moon's shadow and the moon itself can be seen just to the left creeping into view as the system rotates.
http://yfrog.com/evjupitersplatj
I'll have to try and view the missing belt one clear night.
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4:08 pm
June 18, 2010
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Very good images of the planet! Have you had any luck with McNaught yet or is it even visible from the southern hemisphere? Suspect it might not be since it's not too far above the northeastern horizon here?
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7:14 pm
June 18, 2010
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I haven't been able to get out of bed for it lol. Plus you are correct, it's not in a good position here anyway. It favours the northern hemisphere.
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11:39 pm
June 19, 2010
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Revenant
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Speaking of stars and planets…
I went to the Renaissance Fair today here in Colorado. Pretty much everything that you'd expect…giant turkey legs, people saying "thee" and "thou" and a somewhat unhealthy obsession with trying to sell me either walking sticks or beer steins adorned with dragons.
But…I did buy one thing….an Astrolabe! 
I'm a sucker for old scientific equipment. For those that don't know what an astrolabe is…it was the most sophisticated of all ancient scientific instruments. It calculates the motions of the sun, the stars, and the observer's latitude. It was vital to navigational and astronomical sciences for nearly 2000 years. For more on it, here's the Wiki link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe
(If you scroll down near the bottom right, mine sort of looks like the "Hartmann." But…mine looks much cooler.)
It's funny. I didn't walk into the Renaissance Fair needing an astrolabe. But I was suddenly asking myself how I could possibly live without one. Yeah…definitely funny how that works out…
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