RASC - St. John's Centre
Members Photos

This image of Jupiter was taken on August 24, 2010 using a 110 mm diameter ED refractor telescope attached with a Canon A 590 camera, showing exceptional detail for the aperture size. Jupiter's southern equatorial belt appears to have disappeared in this photo.  Usually two darker red coloured belts appear as a result lower level clouds appearing in these regions.  Scientists believe
that high altitude  white clouds have currently obscured the southern darker region.

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