This image of Jupiter shows the transit of the moons Ganymede and Europa, with the moon Io coming out from behind Jupiter in the last 2 frames.
The Great Red Spot (GRS) also comes into view.
The image was taken with my 12" Newtonian Telescope and a DMK21AU04 webcam from my backyard on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia.
A look at the capture and processing of this image, and see an animation here:From the Vault: Dynamic Jupiter in Motion
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Mike, have you ever tried viewing any of these as 3D pairs? With the planet’s slight rotation as in the bottom 2, it gives a great stereo effect.
very nice image mike , i can even make out detail on one of the moons , thats some going—makes me want a 12" newt ;-)
Hi Duncan, no I haven’t, but I can see how it would work. I might have to try that out.
3rdrock – thanks again. When the conditions are good I usually capture detail on Ganymede and Io regularly.
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Mike, have you ever tried viewing any of these as 3D pairs? With the planet’s slight rotation as in the bottom 2, it gives a great stereo effect.
very nice image mike , i can even make out detail on one of the moons , thats some going—makes me want a 12" newt ;-)
Hi Duncan, no I haven’t, but I can see how it would work. I might have to try that out.
3rdrock – thanks again. When the conditions are good I usually capture detail on Ganymede and Io regularly.