Observing Jupiter

How much structure can amateur astronomers see on Jupiter?

24 June 2013

Interview with

John Rogers, University of Cambridge

Part of the show Giant planets

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The Great Red Spot as seen from Voyager 1 This dramatic view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and its surroundings was obtained by Voyager 1 on February 25, 1979, when the spacecraft was 5.7 million miles (9.2 million kilometers) from Jupiter. Cloud...

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CC0 - NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab

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