Jupiter with Europa and Shadow Transit
  • Details
    Date Taken: 08/02/2009
    Location: Blackstone, MA
    Telescope: Orion 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical Tube
    Mount: Celestron CGE
    Camera: Orion StarShoot Solar System Color Imaging Camera II
    Processing: Registax, then Photoshop
    Exposure: 30 second AVI video with 47 frames stacked and cropped
    Notes:

    Photo was taken at 2:45AM at my home observatory. This shot has everything, nice detail of cloud bands, the GRS, Europa and its shadow during transit, and Ganymede and IO in the frame as well.

    Solar System 2nd place photograph!


  • Photographer
    Thomas T.