Jupiter’s belts and zones

Almost any kind of Jupiter observation requires familiarity with the correct names for the various belts and zones. Here south is up; in an inverting telescope such as a Newtonian reflector, or a refractor, Schmidt-Cassegrain, or Maksutov used without a star diagonal, north will be down and east to the right. Telescopes used with a star diagonal will have north up but east and west reversed. The planet’s rotation causes features to move from east (following) to west (preceding). (c) 2015 Sky & Telescope. Used with permission.