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6 years ago
Now that I have your attention.
Anyone who's interested in doing amateur Astronomy in support of "actual" Astronomy should grab their telescope and point it at Jupiter.
Over the last week or so, something very strange has been happening with the Great Red Spot. Streams of material have been peeling off the edge of the storm and getting pulled into the nearby cloud bands. This is a very unusual phenomenon that, to my knowledge, has never been observed before (or at least, not at this level of intensity).
It's worth noting that Astronomers believe the Great Red Spot could be gone in less than 20 years. If that's the case this very well could be the beginning of the end.
Either way, this is precisely the time we need as many eyes as we can get on Jupiter, so be sure to have a look!
Oh, and as for those shinies or whatever? I might enable them, I might not. We'll see.
Anyone who's interested in doing amateur Astronomy in support of "actual" Astronomy should grab their telescope and point it at Jupiter.
Over the last week or so, something very strange has been happening with the Great Red Spot. Streams of material have been peeling off the edge of the storm and getting pulled into the nearby cloud bands. This is a very unusual phenomenon that, to my knowledge, has never been observed before (or at least, not at this level of intensity).
It's worth noting that Astronomers believe the Great Red Spot could be gone in less than 20 years. If that's the case this very well could be the beginning of the end.
Either way, this is precisely the time we need as many eyes as we can get on Jupiter, so be sure to have a look!
Oh, and as for those shinies or whatever? I might enable them, I might not. We'll see.
