JUPITER
May 4, 2005
The moon Io reappears from Jupiter's shadow behind the planet on the above photos. These were taken between 9pm EDT and 10:30pm EDT. Notice the rapid spin of the planet during this time period by looking at the Great Red Spot and other features on the jovian atmosphere.
April 16, 2005
April 18, 2005
The moon's of Jupiter appear on this photo. The one on the left edge of the photo is Io and the one appearing just to the left of the planet's disk is Ganymede.
03/27/2004
9:23 pm EST
Notice the shadow of the moon Callisto beginning to cross the face of the planet.
Meade 12" f/20 (2x Barlow)
LPI Imaging Camera
Setting: 90% Image Quality; Kernel Filtering
Gain 100; Offset 23
Exposure: .177 second
Align and Combine 10 images.The final image was processed further using Adobe Photoshop Elements by applying unsharp mask and Gaussian blur techniques.
03/27/2004
09:53 pm EST
Notice the Great Red Spot's movement in just 30 minutes later from the photo at left, and also the shadow if Callisto about to exit the planet.
01/01/2004
This picture was the first picture taken with the Meade 12" LX200GPS UHTC schmidt-cassegrain telescope along with the Autostar Suite LPI Imager. This is a stack of 25 of the best images taken at .177 second using a 2x barlow lens at the prime focus. The final image was processed further using Adobe Photoshop Elements by applying unsharp mask and Gaussian blur techniques.
The shadow of the moon Europa can been seen against the disk.
02/28/2004
The moon Io is shown to the right of the planet.
Meade 12" f/20 (2x Barlow)LPI Imaging Camera
Setting: 92% Image Quality; Kernel Filtering
Gain 100; Offset 46
Exposure: .177 second
Align and Combine 10 images.The final image was processed further using Adobe Photoshop Elements by applying unsharp mask and Gaussian blur techniques.
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