Comments on: And then there were 3: Jupiter’s trio of red spots

By: Daniel Fischer

Daniel Fischer — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:42:07 +0000

In any case the role of amateur astronomers in tracking the current storm activity was acknowledged in related UCB and Keck Press Releases - as far as I remember this is the first time that major institutions quote Hubble, a huge ground-based scope and an amateur network in the same press release. To me, this is the real news here ...

By: Seeing Spots | Orbiting Frog

Seeing Spots | Orbiting Frog — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:27:41 +0000

[...] Star Stryder, and Hubble: there are now three red spots on Jupiter! I shan’t harp on about it, but rather [...]

By: pamela

pamela — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:21:17 +0000

Hi Daniel – I never said Hubble was the first, just that it was new and they had a press release. As near as I can tell, prior info didn’t indicate color or identified it as a white oval (and in the video you show, color can’t be determined). That said, there is a lot of vagueness on the who, what, when and why Hubble was looking.

By: Daniel Fischer

Daniel Fischer — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:13:40 +0000

No, Hubble was not the first to spot the 3rd Red Spot: It's been around longer and can e.g. be seen together with the other two in this German amateur video from late April, shot through a methane band filter highlighting high clouds.