I had to image early today because I wanted to catch Red Jr. and the SSTB Ovals Merger.  The small Oval is now squashed between Red Jr and the SSTB Oval.  Will this ovals merge or will the smaller oval just pass through? 

The STrD-1 and SEBs has really faded.  It's very pale now. The SEDs are very nice!  The SED-2 has revived and it's circulation is very visible in  this image.

The EZ is now very dark and Festoons are very  complex now.   Io and her shadow is at the NEB.  The NEB is very dark red and has a lot of rift activity. 

The NTB rebuilding is in full swing now at the NTrZ.  The belt is very dark!

Transparency was again a problem this morning.  Note the SSTB oval above Red Jr is about to merge!  Hope to get a better view of this tomorrow.

The white spot on the NTrZ is now below Red Jr. In a few days it should meet up with it's tail (which is visible on the left) and the restructuring of the NTB will  come  in full circle!

The EZ has become dark amber with the SED above it!

Transparency was bad this morning because of thin clouds.  But Jupiter is very interesting here.

Most notable is the NTB material has basically formed and it is now almost a full-fledged belt!  It is incredible to witness how fast this process took!  It was about a month ago today that the NTrZ white spots were first observe now the NTB belt building process is almost complete!

The SEB is currently ruled by the SEDs.  The SEBs has faded almost to white!  The white laver below SEBs is the wake of SED-1!  This is followed by a dark red layer which may be created by the interaction between the two SEDs.  The layer below this is the yellow wake of SED-2!

The NEB is very busy with a lot of rift activity.  White Oval Z (WOZ) is visible in this image just after the CM at the NEBn.  This spot seems to be interacting with the disturbance at the NTrZ.

The GRS is very prominent in this image.  The dark bluish feature above the GRS is very interesting.  Is this the interaction between the GRS and the wake of the STrD-2.  Note the the STrD-2 is getting closer and closer to the GRS.  Who will survive in clash between  these Titanic features? 

The big SSTB feature that I imaged earlier has turned into a huge cyclonic oval!

The NTrZ is very chaotic!  Note the red bar forming on the NTrZ on the left.  Will this be the material for the North Temperate Belt (NTB)?

The NEB is filled with rifts!  Jupiter is really very busy this year!  Note also that the North Temperate-Polar area is redder than the South Temperate-Polar area!

Another perfect condition.  Many things going on in Jupiter.

The red ring of the Red Jr. has grown and basically filled the white halo!  The two SSTB oval above Red Jr. has kissed and might merge anytime now!

The  SED  is really very impressive! It is such a huge feature that it's length encompasses almost one half of the planet! The SEB has become very pale now!

The NEB is very dark red and is filled with rifts! The bright disturbance on the NTrZ is moving fast and is almost below Red Jr.

Callisto is very pale in this  image.  I had to brighten it to make it visible.  Note the surface detail on the surface.

Conditions were great today.   The SEBs is really fading now. Note also that the STrD-2 is fading also! 

The NEB is filled with rifts.  The NTrZ is very busy.  It is filled with white spots and has darkened considerably!  Note the dark red oval on the NEBn just before the CM.

The big NNTB spot has a dark center now.  It is also very prominent!  Note the dark red wake of this oval!  Is it intesifying?

Io is on the left.

Another perfect night!  Jupiter is very busy here.  Note the beautiful SED-1!!   SED-2 seems to be shrinking but it is still very bright!  Will it fade out or regain it's shape in the next few days?  The SEBs is fading!  While the belt next to SED-1 is very red!   While the EZ is getting a  reddish hue.

The NEB is very busy with lots of rifts are small dark red spots. The WOZ seems to have interacted with the NTrZ White disturbance!  This disturbance is currently north of the other NEBn White Oval! There is an interesting dark spot rising at the NTrZ.

Europa is on the left.

Conditions were great this morning.  The NTrZ is very busy and lots of white spots appearing there.   This region has become very complex. The NEB is also very busy with lots of rift.

The EZ has a lot of complex festoons.  Note the reddish hue on the EZn.

The Oval BA is rising.  The wake of the STrD-1 and Oval BA is very complex.  

Another poor transparency day.  Note the SED-1 which is really very beautiful!  The SED-2 is following SED-1 and seems smaller during the pass with the GRS.  The SEB is very dark red following the SED-1!

The NEB has a very busy rift!  Note the dark red spot to the left of White Oval Z (WOZ).  The NTrZ is quiet here.  But note that the bright spot is now below the GRS rising on the right!  This will also be approaching the WOZ.  Wonder what will happen when the NTrZ disturbance will interact with the WOZ.

Seeing was perfect this morning but transparency was poor because of thin clouds.  This is the region between the STrD-2 and Oval BA. 

The NTrZ is very busy here.  The disturbance has really grown a lot from 2 days ago!  It is really exciting to see this region evolve! 

The SEBs seems to be fading and getting lighter in color.

Transparency was poor this morning because of thin clouds.  The GRS is transiting the Jovian disk.  Note SED-2 below the GRS.  The SED-1 is to it's left.   The SEDs seem to be involved in the fading of the SEB. There is an interesting dark feature southeast of the GRS.

 The bright feature in the NTrZ is really moving fast.  It's almost below the GRS now.  If you look at my image on April 13, you can see the big difference!  There is a lot of rift activity in the NEB.

It was partially cloudy this morning.  Had to play peek-a-boo with Jupiter.  Io is transiting the Jovian disk.  It is interesting to see that Io's shadow is not perfectly round!

The NTB/NTrZ still a mess here!  The bright spots are very interesting.  The dark material is expanding now.  This will be the material that will build the NTB.

The SEBn has almost dissolved into the yellow band.  The STrD-2 is getting closer to the GRS.  It would be interesting to see how these two feature would interact.

Tube currents really affected the seeing this morning. 

Note the red ring of the Oval BA has bloated due to its encounter with the STrD-1.   This has been imaged by other imagers especially from Australia.  Has Red Jr intensified?  The white center of the Red Oval has shifted south and it seems to be bloated on the northern portion.

The NEB is very busy with a lot of rift activity.  White Oval Z is visible in this image rising on the right at the NEBn.  The SEB festoons are very active while the NTrZ/NTB is quiet at this sector.

The Upheaval in Jupiter is really very evident in this image.  Note the chaos in the NTrZ/NTB region!  This area of Jupiter used to be very quiet.  Note also that there seems to be a North Tropical Disturbance developing!!!  Note the projection just after the CM at the NEBn.  The dark barges in the NTrZ is really interesting!  This signals the revival of the NTB!

The STrD-2 seem to be fading!   Note also the huge spot at the NNTB just after the CM.  It seems to be also turning red.

Weather has been terrible for the past week.  But this morning, conditions were perfect!  I'm back to my Edmund filters which seem to be better for planetary imaging than the Astronomik filters. 

Here's nice image of the GRS rising.  The EB/SEB is still very violent!   Note the small dark red spot on the SEBn. This spot should move towards the GRS in the next few days.

The two spots on the NEBn is also getting closer to each other! Will we see another merger like last year?  Note the rift on the NEB.  The NEB is beginning to get busy!

The line feature in the NTrZ is getting darker and darker from it's light blue color during the past few years.

Jupiter's global upheaval is now in full swing!

I'm back from my business trip to the USA.  I tested my new Astronomik LRGB Type 2c filter.    Interestingly, it isn't as good as my old Edmund Scientific LRGB filter.  I would like other feed backs on the Astronomik filter.  The red filter seems to have a lower transmission than the Edmund Scientific filter.

Here's an image of Jupiter's busy NTrZ/NTB region.  The  bright white spots and the huge dark feature are very prominent  in this region.  It seems like the bright spot has a "tail" which is interacting with the NEBn. The Northern Hemisphere seems to be joining the southern hemisphere upheaval! 

The SEBn is almost all yellow now.