Picture Data
- Lens: 10" Meade f/10 Schmidt Cassegrain coupled with 17mm Tele Vue Plossl for eyepiece projection
- F/ratio: f/64
- Exposure: 6 seconds
- Film: Fuji Superia 400 color film
- Filter: none
- Date: November 25, 2000
- Location: Galena, Illinois - USA
- Temp: 5o F
- Dew: 3
- Transparency: 9
- Seeing: 9
- Notes: Best conditions I have ever seen! Great Red Spot appears on bottom cloud line.
Magnitude |
-2.8 |
Size |
142,800 km |
Rotation Period |
|
about Axis |
9.84 hrs |
Revolution |
|
Period about |
|
the Sun |
11.86 years |
| Great Red Spot | 2.5 x size of Earth |