Jupiter - Oct.4
By Rich Neuschaefer

October 4th, '97 Fremont Peak
Scope AP 180mm f/9 EDT refractor
Eyepiece 9mm Nagler giving about 180x

The seeing was reasonably good for about 45 minutes after sundown. The Great Red Spot (GRS) had just transited. There was an interesting white division in the Southern Equatorial Belt (SEB) trailing the GRS.

There was a white oval near the left limb of Jupiter in the Eqatorial Zone(EZ). There were several festoons comming down from the Northern Equatorial Belt (NEB) into the EZ.

Later the seeing was not very good. After midnight Saturn looked ok for brief periods. The Cassini Division could be seen. The dark equatorial belt was also easy to see.