Brian COLVILLE #233

Letters to the Editor


from Brian COLVILLE in CMO #233

@ . . . . Attached are my first images of the 2000-2001 Jupiter apparition.

 These were taken on the morning of July 20, between 09:00 and 09:45 UT. There are a pair of Near IR images, and one Methane image. Details are listed on the image. The images are a bit on the small side, but this is about the limit of seeing at present.

  There are two small white spots in the methane image in the area of the S.Temperate Zone. One is close to the limb below Europa, and the other is approaching the CM. The CM of the new merged oval was given in the vicinity of 270-290 deg L3 by David Lehman on April 06. The methane im has a CM of approx 292. Could either of these spots be the merged feature?

(22 July 2000 email)

Brian COLVILLE (Cambray, Ontario, Canada) : maple@quicklinks.on.ca
Maple Ridge Observatory
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