• File: Ganymede shadow transit

    This image of Jupiter's largest moon casting its shadow was taken on the evening of December 5, 2012 with a Lumenera SkyNyx 2-2M camera with RGB filters through a 12" Meade RCX-400 telescope under excellent seeing conditions from my backyard in Ayr, Ontario, Canada.
  • File: Jupiter and 2 satellites October 16, 2011

    This image was taken using a 5" SC Telescope, 2x Barlow lens and a webcam Philips SPC900NC. It's the final result of stacking a 2-minutes AVI movie with Registax 6.On the right side, Io and Europe are visible.
  • File: Jupiter and Callisto

    Jupiter from August 5th, 09:47ut, Under ideal conditions. The moon Callisto is at lower left of the frame and it is the second lagest of the jovian moons and the fourth from the outer orbit of the principal moons. Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik...
  • File: Jupiter and Europa

    Jupiter and Europa with EdgeHD 1100 Seeing was great this night... Processed with Registax v6, Photoshop CS4, and Astra image wavelet filter,
  • File: Jupiter and Europa

    Jupiter and Europa as they appear on 10/11/12 @ 3:02am EST from Saint Petersburg Florida. I'm always amazed when I'm able to capture detail on Jupiter's moon--considering their size and distance. Meade 16in @ f25, 2xBigBarlow, Flea3, best of 2000 frames of RGB (Astrodon Filters)
  • File: Jupiter and Europa

    Jupiter on November 4th, 07:20ut, 07:38ut. ( Look While Crossing your Eyes for a 3D effect if you can) The Great storm GRS and Oval Ba are transiting across the Jovian disk and the moon Europa is seen coming from behind Jupiter. (LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik...
  • File: Jupiter and Ganymede

    Jupiter and Ganymede as seen on September 4th @ 9:50UT, Saint Petersburg Florida. Meade 16in, Televue 2xBigBarlow, Flea3 Mono. Astrodon RGB Filters
  • File: Jupiter and Io

    The seeing was very good on the night of November 9, 2012 in Southeastern Pennsylvania, 4/5. Good seeing is a very rare occurence especially this time of year in Pennsylvania. Using a Meade LX50 10" SCT and an Imaging Source DFKAU04 camera, I was able to stack the best 900/2000 frames with Registax...
  • File: Jupiter and its four largest moons

    This picture was taken at Prince of Wales , NB , Canada with a Canon Rebel DSLR camera attached to a 6" reflector telescope with a 25mm eyepiece.
  • File: Jupiter and its Moons

    this is a combination of two photos.
  • File: Jupiter with moons Io, Europa, and Ganymede

    I had to overexpose Jupiter to show the moons, then took another properly exposed photo of Jupiter. I cropped the overexposed one and replaced it with the good one for the final image. I used a Meade 10" LX200 and a Meade DSI CCD imager.
  • File: Jupiter, Io, & Io's Shadow

    Jupiter and the moon Io and its shadow, Io's shadow is uopn the jovian disc and the moon Io is approaching the limb and transitioning across the jovian disc. Equipment; LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Asronomik LRGB filter sets. (left=Lum., Right=RGB channels).
  • File: Jupiter, the Moon, Venus, the ISS, and a Soviet T34

    Photo made by Zsolt Perkó ,2012.02.26 UT18:35, Nagykanizsa, Hungary N46 26' 11.14" E16 59' 07.97"
  • File: Neptune and Triton

    Using a Meade LX50 10" SCT and a Canon XS DSLR I was able to stack 40 x 2second images to reveal its largest moon Triton at magnitude 13.5. This image was taken from my backyard only 40 miles South of Philadelphia and Triton was not visible through the eyepiece. The individual images were stacked...
  • File: Planet Jupiter and shadow of Europa

    Planet Jupiter seen here with One of Its Gallelian Moons : Europa... This photo was taken through Celestron MAK 130mm [ Maksutov Cassegrain Telescope ]
  • File: Saturn and friends

    by Tim Richmond Here we see Saturn accompanied by four of its closest friends. Tethys is to the far left, Enceladus just below and to the left of the planet, Dione to the NE and finally Mimas to the right of the rings. There's a great view of the hexagonal shape at the north pole and you should...
  • File: Saturn showing a storm and Tethys

    by Efrain Morales Rivera Date: 05/18/11, 00:43ut Location: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F30, CGE mount, PGR Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik LRGB filter set. 1.5k frames per channel at L=1/30th, RG 1/20th, B=1/15 fps. Saturn is getting smaller (Distant)...
  • File: Saturn with its moons Rhea and Tethys, and the Serpent Storm, 5-6 March 2011

    by Efrain Morales Rivera Date: 03/5,6/11 Location: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, PGR Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik LRGB filter set. My latest session from the 5,6th showing the moons Tethys at the limb and Rhea at the southern region and still...
  • File: Saturn with Tethys and Enceladus

    by Efrain Morales Rivera Date: 05/02/2012, 04:19ut Location: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Saturn- On April 21st showing its natural butterscotch colors and the remmants of the storm trail has faded and the shadow is re-appearing behind the globe more visible as time progresses and at the rings (center...
  • File: Saturn, Enceladus,Dione, andTethys

    Saturn on May 6th, 02:54ut. Under above average conditions. Also in view three pincipal moons Enceladus top Left of the rings and Dione top right and Tethys just below of it. Hexagon pole shows well here also.
  • File: Saturn, Rhea, and Tethys – February 2010

    Between two rainfalls – I was able to take this picture of Saturn with my Orion Maksutov Cassegrain 7″ at focal plane f/d 15 with my DMK B&W camera. This is a composite picture of about 1100 RGB frames. Notice from left to right two of Saturn’s satellites: Rhea and Tethys. Seeing: 4/10 Transparency...
  • File: Saturn, Tethys, and Dione

    Satun on April 6th, 04:49ut. Also in view are two moons Tethys (L) and Dine (R). A slight brightness on the rings (Seeliger effect) begining and the disc shadow is going behind the disc as it approachs opposition within weeks from now. Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x...
  • File: The transit of Io

    Here is a composite image showing the transit of the Galilean moon Io in front of Jupiter. Avi sequences processed with Registax 5.0. Images treated with Photoshop CS3. Regards. Jean
  • File: Titan, Enceladus, Mimas, Tethys, Dione, and Saturn

    This image features Saturn and 5 of the Saturian Moons. Taken by Tim Lockhart from Bowling Green KY on April 11th, 2012 at approximately 11:45pm. Captured with an Imaging source DMK21au.04AS videocam, through a Celestron C9.25" SCT, using a 2.5x Televue powermate and Baader planetarium RGB...
  • File: Uranus and four moons

    Using a Meade 10" LX50 SCT and a Canon XS DSLR camera, I was able to stack 40x3second images of Uranus revealing four of its brightest satellites. Images Plus software was used to align and stack these individual images. I live only 40 miles South of Philadelphia, PA with skies experiencing significant...