Jupiter Io and Europa May 6

[sheeny (Al)]

My best yet Jupiter... with Io and Europa as well.

Captured May 6 at 22:00EST. C8 at f20 (2x barlow). Stacked in registax, Unsharp Mask and crop in PS CS2.

The dark blob on the lower equatorial belt is a dust spot on the CCD... one of the few times tracking has been good enough to keep it in the same spot .

Al.

[asimov (John)]

Good one Al. Don't ya hate those rotten dust bunnies!!?

[sheeny (Al)]

Yes, I do hate the dust bunnies!

One of these days when I master the basics of astrophotography enough I'll have to learn how to do flats! At the moment I think it's a complication I can manage without...

Thanks Asi!

Al.

[Robert_T]

Originally Posted by sheeny

The dark blob on the lower equatorial belt is a dust spot on the CCD... one of the few times tracking has been good enough to keep it in the same spot .

Al.

just tell everyone it's Ganymede in shadow transit and no-one will be the wiser

very nice shot Al - great stuff!

[ving (David)]

dust bunnies are cute and fluffy
unlike kyour pic. sharp
nice one.

[sheeny (Al)]

Thanks Guys!

I did try to think of a smarty comment about the dust bunny, but figured fessing up was probably better... the shadow just looked a bit big for Ganemede to me... maybe 3 of them were in line? Maybe it was a Vogon Constructor fleet???

Al.