From the Vault: Jupiter and the Galilean Moons

[iceman]

In the From the Vault (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/tag/from-the-vault) series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen on my site 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 Vault this week is a portrait of Jupiter and the Galilean Moons, the Jovian system in high resolution. Captured on May 11th 2007, this was one of my most ambitious projects of that year, and took hours to capture and many many more hours in processing. It shows Jupiter with her 4 Galilean moons, Europa, Callisto, Ganymede and Io all at the same scale, in their correct positions at the time of capture.

It’s a good time for this image to be featured again, in the International Year of Astronomy - 400 years since Galileo first used a telescope to observe Jupiter’s Moons.

I took 6 images to create an animation, showing the rotation of Jupiter and the dance of Jupiter’s Moons as they orbit the gas giant.

Please click the link to read more about the capture and processing of this image, and to see the 6-frame animation.

From the Vault: Jupiter and the Galilean Moons (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2009/02/26/from-the-vault-jupiter-and-the-galilean-moons)

Thanks for looking.

[Lester]

Fantastic Mike, the detail and time that has gone into the animation is a credit to you.

[troypiggo]

That's some serious detail, and probably the best Jupiter photo I've seen in my limited astro life. Awesome.

[RB]

Ah yes, I remember the amazing detail and colours you achieved on the moons on this one.
Nice one mate.

[Quark]

This is the first time I have seen this Mike,

What a snorter of an image, To resolve the moons so well is obviously an achievement but I was just blown away by the detail in your Jupiter image.

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Regards
Trevor