On Saturday night 8th August, I was able to capture some images of Jupiter with Io and its shadow in transit. The seeing was just above average – good enough to capture albedo features on Io, including the dark polar … Continue reading
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45 Cap, Europa and Io – Close Approach
Today (3rd/4th August) in parts of Europa, Africa, South America and the Middle East, Jupiter is due to occult the star 45 Cap – something that happens very, very rarely. For other parts of the world, including mine, the star … Continue reading
Busy Night (3 Events) at Jupiter Tonight! (27th July)
Tonight (27th July) is a very busy night on Jupiter with 3 events worth observing and imaging. All times in AEST. The Wesley Impact Scar will be visible between about 10pm and midnight. It transits the CM at about 10:40pm. … Continue reading
Ganymede Occulting Io – My First Galilean Moon Occultation!
UPDATE: See below for a new colour image of Io and Ganymede. This morning I was able to capture my first Galilean Moon occultation, when Ganymede passed in front of Io, covering about 40% of the volanic moon. The seeing … Continue reading
Jupiter with Io and Shadow Transit Animation in Good Seeing
This morning, 7th May local time, I had reasonably good seeing for about an hour – long enough to capture 7 runs of Jupiter with the Galilean Moon Io and its shadow transiting across the Jovian disc. The red channel … Continue reading
Jupiter with Io Shadow Transit, 29th March 2009
On Sunday morning, we had beautiful clear skies and I was able to capture an image of Jupiter with Io’s shadow in transit, followed by Io itself shortly after. Unfortunately the conditions weren’t great and the image is really affected … Continue reading
Jupiter and Io Transit Animation, 21st March 2009
On Sunday morning, I was able to capture my first Jupiter moon transit for the season, with the volcanic moon Io transiting the gas giant. I also took the opportunity to create my first Jupiter animation for the season, hopefully … Continue reading
From the Vault: Jupiter and the Galilean Moons
In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen here before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me. The feature image in From the … Continue reading
From the Vault: Dynamic Jupiter in Motion
In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen here before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me. The feature image in From … Continue reading
Jupiter, GRS and Ganymede Occultation
New images of Jupiter are always news-worthy, and this is no exception. I received an interesting link on the ALPO_Jupiter yahoo group the other day – it’s a pretty fascinating animation showing Ganymede being occulted by Jupiter. Here’s a still from … Continue reading
