This Jupiter Great Red Spot time lapse video showing how Jupiter, the Great Red Spot and the four major moons move over time from an imaging session on 2015.02.10. This video shows a one hour time span of Jupiter's rotation.
The Great Red Spot is a massive anti-cyclonic high pressure zone that has been continuously observed from Earth since the early 1800s Earlier observations dating back to the mid 1600s document a storm on Jupiter. It is thought that these earlier, but uncontinuous observations may be of the same storm.
Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system. Jupiters' rotation speed is 45,300 km/h at the equator which means it can rotate once every 9 hours and 55 minutes! In one hour, you can see about 60% of the entire planet.
Also, the moons orbit Jupiter rapidly. As you can see from this video, they move significantly in just 60 minutes.
The shadow is from Europa, which is transiting Jupiter. It becomes visible in the last few frames to the right of its shadow.
Io is the fast moon far to the right of Jupiter.
The Great Red Spot makes a cameo at the end, rotating around from the left.
Vital stats about the image acquisition:
Camera: Canon T3i
Telescope: Celestron 1100 Edge HD @ Prime Focus (2800mm)
Captured with Backyard EOS 3.1
Stacked in AutoStackkert 2
Wavelets in Registax 6
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