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Target: Jupiter - Great Red Spot Latitude and longitude of center of frame: -22.3, 318 Date of Observation: June 26, 1996 Total # of Frames to be taken: 70

Description of the Area:

The Great Red Spot has been observed on Jupiter since the 17th century, when it was discovered by the first telescopic observations of the planet. It is about three Earth diameters in the East-West direction and two Earth diameters in the North-South direction. It contains a circulating anti-cyclonic flow that takes about six days to complete one rotation. The spot greatly perturbs the neighboring turbulent cloud structures.

The Great Red Spot observations will be a 2x3 rectangular array of images, two frames wide in the North-South direction and three frames wide in the East-West direction. Images will be shuttered at four different times, and in four different colors. There will be 70 frames altogether.

Questions we hope to answer:

• Why has the Great Red Spot remained in existance for over 300 years given the large amount of turbulent activity within the Jovian atmosphere?
• What is the cloud structure, composition, and temperature within the Great Red Spot?
• How deep into Jupiter's atmosphere does the red spot extend?
• What are the speeds and directions of the winds within the Great Red Spot?
• What causes the reddish color within the Great Red Spot?