All images are made with a self made CB245 CCD camera, mounted on a 80 mm f/15 refractor. I used oculair projection to enlarge the images. All are processed with unsharp masking. North is on top.
2000
22 Dec 2000
A few features can be seen in these images. A dark streak in the north polar region, a big dark spot in the NEB (Northern Equatorial Band) and the GRS. The first image has an integration time of 0.1 s, the others of 0.2 s.
24 Nov 2000
The moon Io passes in front of Jupiter. You can see the shadow of Io on the planet as a dark spot. It moves from the left to the right. This is called a Sun eclips. They can not only occur on Earth, but also on Jupiter and other planets. Sun eclipses are very common on Jupiter, because Jupiter is very large compared to it's moons. The shadows of the moons will mostly not miss the big planet. Jupiter also has four moons against one for the Earth. The first image has the highest S/N (signal to noise) ratio. The GRS can also be seen. The images are made with integration times between 0.1 s and 0.2 s.
14 Nov 2000
The first images of a new Jupiter season. The images are made with integration times of 0.15 s. The GRS (Great Red Spot) can be seen in the SEB (Southern Equatorial Belt). Compare it with the images of the previous seasons.
09 Jan 2000
The upper image has an integration time of 0.2 s, the others 0.1 s. The size of the planet looks much smaller now then in 1999. This is because the distance between the Earth and Jupiter increases very fast. But there are still a lot of features to see.
