2024-11-12
Urgent & Important request for Jupiter images:
Images by Moisés Portillo and Christopher Go show the development of an intense outbreak in the South Equatorial Belt of Jupiter. This is an intense convective storm that started on 11 November and whose activity can develop into a full SEB Disturbance. Observations of the longitude of interest (CMIII=106 deg) over the next 10 days are required to follow the cycle of storm development. Observations in the methane band filter should show a bright convective cloud. Later observations will track the longer-term evolution of the SEB which might experience intense changes in cloud abundance and color over the next months.
As pointed out by Dr. John H. Rogers this activity will become impressive very soon!
Click on the image for a large-scale version of the initial aspect of the SEB
Updated on 18 November: A first report of the SEB outbreak has been prepared by John H. Rogers on the BAA Jupiter Section website and is available at:
https://britastro.org/section_information_/jupiter-section-overview/jupiter-in-2024-25/report-no-2-seb-outbreak-etc