Lysithea (J10)

[theodog (Jeff)]

Hi Again,

J10 is another 18km Jovian moon -Mag 18.3 (Guide 7) as with J9.
Asteriod is 1996 XS1 Mag 16.8.

Internal reflections again but poor quality animation due to alignment and file size difficulties. The guide star was barely visable to the autoguider.

[iceman (Mike)]

It doesn't appear to move in the animation? Or is it just me?

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Is this S/2003 or S/2001 J 10? I have been reading about the smaller moons and there is conflicting info.

I can just make out the movement of the moon in question - excellent capture.

Cheers Petra d.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Nice catch Jeff.

[theodog (Jeff)]

Originally Posted by iceman

It doesn't appear to move in the animation? Or is it just me?

I have included a close-up of the area. Lysithea is faint, passing a star.

Originally Posted by spacezebra

Is this S/2003 or S/2001 J 10? I have been reading about the smaller moons and there is conflicting info.

I can just make out the movement of the moon in question - excellent capture.

Cheers Petra d.

There seems to be much confusion regarding the moons of Jupiter. I use Guide 8 for my targets and it seems to work. I am sure this object is Lysithea (J10).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jupiter's_moons
mentions many of the moons.
I believe J or j is important in their designations.

[Matty P (Matt)]

Another awesome capture Jeff. Very well done.

How long were the exposures?

[theodog (Jeff)]

Originally Posted by Matty P

Another awesome capture Jeff. Very well done.

How long were the exposures?

Thanks for the comments.
The exposures were 10min through the 12". 6 sec between.