APOD: 2020 May 13 - Jupiter in Infrared from Gemini

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Wednesday, May 1, 2020 entitled "Jupiter in Infrared from Gemini."
Image: Jupiter in Infrared from Gemini - Image Credit - International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA; M. H. Wong (UC Berkeley) & Team;

"Explanation: In infrared, Jupiter lights up the night. Recently, astronomers at the Gemini North Observatory in Hawaii, USA, created some of the best infrared photos of Jupiter ever taken from Earth’s surface, pictured. Gemini was able to produce such a clear image using a technique called lucky imaging, by taking many images and combining only the clearest ones that, by chance, were taken when Earth's atmosphere was the most calm. Jupiter’s jack-o’-lantern-like appearance is caused by the planet’s different layers of clouds. Infrared light can pass through clouds better than visible light, allowing us to see deeper, hotter layers of Jupiter's atmosphere, while the thickest clouds appear dark. These pictures, together with ones from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Juno spacecraft, can tell us a lot about weather patterns on Jupiter, like where its massive, planet-sized storms form."

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Good Wednesday afternoon, Maj William W. 'Bill' Price! This image of Jupiter is, by far, one of the best and amazing images that I have seen! I was able to find an amazing short adjunct video taken by the Juno Spacecraft on August 27, 2016 as ti completed its first orbit around Jupiter... The images of Jupiter were taken by Juno as it approached it and grew progressively larger and then transitioned to very close up images... FIrst at 120,000 milles than ever closer... Then in infrared as was done from the Earth Telescope on Mauna Key, Hawaii... This adjunct video should be watched in full screen on the largest monitor available... Watching it on any monitor less than 12" is a waste of time in my view... At the very end of the video, you will hear the sounds coming from the Planet Jupiter, so keep your sound on ENJOY! https://youtu.be/FBX8x20P3I4







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Great photo post!