Jupiter and Europa transit

Posted by THETOM
on Friday, August 28, 2009
Attached is a photo of Jupiter and 3 of it’s moons taken 2:20 AM on August 2. The small black spot on the right side of the center white band is Europa’ s shadow, Europa can be seen to the right of the shadow as a small white spot on the edge of the planet. The white spot to the right of the planet is the moon Ganymede, which had emerged from behind Jupiter. Lastly, the small red spot to the left, is the moon Io.<o:p></o:p>

Additionally, the Great Red Spot (GSR) can be easily seen to the bottom left. The GRS is a giant storm in the atmosphere like a hurricane that has been raging for hundreds of years. The storm is so large that earth could fit within it ‘s area easily.

<o:p>I processed another photo of Jupiter, this was a 20 second video taken on August 2nd at 2:20 AM with an Orion Starshoot Camera through a C11 SCT with a 2x Barlow. The video was 149 frames, processed through RegiStax, followed by MaxIm DL, and then finally with PhotoShop.<o:p></o:p></o:p>
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