Impressive animated GIF of Jupiter, recorded over three hours from Wisconsin (by Thomas Jorgenson) [click this link to watch]

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That is amazing.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Starting at the beginning of the replay.

Track any major feature near the equator as it progresses across along the equator.

These features travel almost the entire length of Jupiter from left to right... During a 3-hour window as observed from Wisconsin?

This gif suggest that Jupiter completes a half a rotation every 3 hours. Full rotation in roughly 6 hours.

Or 4 full rotations per 24 hour period.

Most photos I've seen included the great red dot [allegedly a 400 year old storm or whatever], which makes a brief appearance in the last moments of the gif.

This 3-hour gif of Jupiter from Wisconsin is fake and geh.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, now im worried.

[–]SMCAB 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Jupiter is by far the coolest planet to look at in my telescope.

You need some impressive equipment to make a gif like this.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

This is a hoax gif bro.

https://saidit.net/s/space/comments/bwl1/impressive_animated_gif_of_jupiter_recorded_over/14tpl

[–]SMCAB 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I thought that. I just don't waste my time arguing about space here. It's nauseating.

I've observed Jupiter many, many times and have never seen that movement in three hours. In fact it doesn't spin at all while I'm looking at it. Like from hour to hour.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They had that same red Jupiter dot in the same place forever.

Many years ago I had a strange telescope encounter. Some seemingly benevolent character had a very high-end reflector telescope set up on the sidewalk of a popular boutique section of town.

I was walking with my girlfriend and friends at the time, and the owner was letting people look at Saturn through, which was very cool.

My girlfriend looked into the telescope and exclaimed, "IT LOOKS FAKE!"

We laughed at her, and dismissed her comment.

Passing through that section of town a few years later, I noticed the friggin freemason lodge was right across the street from where the telescope was set up, and I was blown away.

I've thought about her gut reaction, and I had suppressed a similar reaction. It actually looked weird.

Something was off, but I can't describe what it was.

We're surrounded by an ocean of bullshit science.

[–]geoferdy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the edges are too smooth though, has been processed.