The Great Red Spot is highly sheared on the western edge.

Jupiter UTC

CM1: 64.50°

CM2: 336.90°

CM3: 303.40°

CLat: -3.20°

Description

I wasn't expecting to image within the next week. However, I found Jupiter shining through a very thin cloud layer, so I hastily set up the C8 in a race against the clouds that were predicted to arrive at any moment. This was the first light of my new ZWO RGB filters, which I find to be much better than the Orion filters I was previously using with the this telescope.

Notes:

  • Io and its shadow is transiting the North Equatorial Belt.
  • White Oval Z is directly north of the Great Red Spot.
  • The Equatorial Zone is still orange. The southern edge appears to be finally losing its white color.
  • The South Equatorial Belt appears to be split by a white zone. The southern edge of the belt appears more gray than brown.
  • The Great Red Spot has a large flake on its western edge.
  • Another cloud flaked off the GRS a few days earlier is to the east of the storm.

Equipment

ZWO ASI174MM

Celestron X-Cel 3x

Celestron EdgeHD 8

Logs
FireCapture v2.6  Settings
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Observer=Ethan Chappel
Camera=ZWO ASI174MM
Filter=R
Profile=Jupiter
Diameter=45.56"
Magnitude=-2.58
CMI=57.4° CMII=329.9° CMIII=296.3°  (during mid of capture)
FocalLength=7700mm (F/27)
Resolution=0.16"
Filename=2019-05-27-0445_2-EC-R-Jup.ser
Date=2019_05_27
Start=04_44_15.883
Mid=04_45_15.886
End=04_46_15.889
Start(UT)=04_44_15.883
Mid(UT)=04_45_15.886
End(UT)=04_46_15.889
Duration=120.006s
Date_format=yyyy_MM_dd
Time_format=HH_mm_ss
LT=UT -6h
Frames captured=1527
File type=SER
Binning=no
Bit depth=8bit
Debayer=no
ROI=464x460
ROI(Offset)=0x0
FPS (avg.)=12
Shutter=47.97ms
Gain=339 (84%)
FPS=100 (off)
HighSpeed=off
USBTraffic=80 (off)
Gamma=50 (off)
AutoGain=off
AutoExposure=off
SoftwareGain=10 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
Brightness=1 (off)
Histogramm(min)=0
Histogramm(max)=133
Histogramm=52%
Noise(avg.deviation)=1.35
AutoAlign=false
PreFilter=none
Limit=120 Seconds
Sensor temperature=33.6°C
Measurements
Name Longitude 1 Longitude 2 Longitude 3 Latitude Measurer
GRS P. End 31.1° 303.6° 270° -21.9° EGC
GRS N. Edge 38.1° 310.5° 277° -17.6° EGC
GRS S. Edge 37.5° 310° 276.4° -26.5° EGC
GRS F. End 43.9° 316.3° 282.8° -22.6° EGC
GRS Center 38.1° 310.5° 277° -22.2° EGC