Title: Amateur Observations of Jupiter’s Clouds, Hazes, and Composition Summary: Jupiter displays multiple colorful cloud types, with regional variations that change over time. For more than a century amateurs have observed and tracked these features, first visually, and now with sophisticated color cameras. These observations have provided the basis for understanding the circulation and wind patterns of the atmosphere, along with periodic regional and global upheavals. Amateurs now peer into the near-infrared (NIR), including the 889 nm methane band, and near ultraviolet (NUV) revealing details of upper-level hazes. Use of other methane filters can probe different cloud levels below the…
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