Jupiter 2022

 

Jupiter and moons Europa and Io on the 6th of October 2022. Compilation of two stacks one using a 2x Barlow lens and one a 3x Barlow lens. 127mm Meade 500 Series Apo refractor and QHY5-llc planetary camera. Stacked and processed using PIPP, Registax6, AutoStackert3!, Fitswork4 ,Topaz DenoiseAI and Affinity Photo. Credit Kurt Thrust.  

"Our first attempt at capturing Jupiter this year. We were not convinced that the sky over Lowestoft was quite stable enough for capturing a sharp image of the largest of the Solar System's planets, but we think it turned out alright in the end." Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.

Europa credit:JPL NASA

Io credit:JPL NASA

The Summer Milky Way and Gas Giants with Moons

The Milky Way over the Jodrell Plank Observatory -the 600d Canon DSLR with EOS 18-55mm lens at f=18mm 'piggyback' on the Meade 127mm Refractor. A stack of 30x60 sec lights at ISO1600. Credit: Kurt Thrust

Jupiter showing the Great Red Spot and just visible the newly formed white spot below it. Two of the four Galilean Moons, Io and Ganymede, are also clearly visible. 127mm Meade Telescope with 2.5x Barlow lens and QHY5-11 colour planetary video camera. Three minutes of video were used to create the still image. Credit: Pip Stakkert

Saturn and three Moons, Dione, Enceladus and Tethys. 127mm Meade Telescope with 2.5x Barlow lens and both the QHY5-11 colour and mono planetary cameras. Six minutes of video were used to create the still image. Credit: Pip Stakkert.

" In contradiction of the usually accurate weather forecasts, the night of the 19th of August 2020 was clear and transparent. The absence of the Moon was also advantageous for astro-imaging.

Pip Stakkert and I made an early start using the planetary video cameras and the 127mm Meade Apo-refractor to image the gas giant planets Jupiter and Saturn, which remain low on the Jodrell Plank Observatory's southern horizon. Our thanks go to Anita Roberts, friend and sponsor of the Jodrell Plank Observatory, for cutting back the planting on the adjoining hedge.

The planet Mars remains too low during sensible working hours for us to use the Meade telescope to image it. We shall however try to capture the 'red planet' in September.

We completed our early morning imaging session by 'piggy backing' the Canon 600D dslr camera on the Meade telescope and captured the Summer Milky Way in all its glory as it streamed down over the Observatory buildings. The dark dust clouds in the Milky Way never fail to impress the Jodrell Plank team!". - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory

Downloads from the Juno Satellite orbiting Jupiter

A crop from Juno Image 7425 taken on the 12th Of September 2019 at 03:39:56 UT when the space craft was at altitude 8097.9 km, Longitude 322.4213 and Latitude 25.9796. Credit for image processing: Jodrell Plank Observatory Imaging Team Leader Pip Stakkert

Io shown in front of Juno image of Io's shadow transit. Credit for Io image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona. Credit for mage processing: Jodrell Plank Observatory Community outreach coordinator – Karl Seguine.

" Today the whole team spent a very happy afternoon in the 'Observatory Media Studio'. After a couple hours of jolly political banter we put together the above images from data downloads from the Juno Spacecraft.

The images show a shadow transit of the innermost moon Io across the cloud tops of the planet Jupiter. IA shadow transit of Io doesn't happen everyday but it is far from a rare event. What is special is that Juno was in the right location to photograph the event.

Our sponsors Anita and George witnessed and imaged a shadow transit of Io and Ganymede back in 2014. They witnessed and imaged it from a distance of 588 million km whereas Juno imaged it from 8,000 km".
- Kurt Thrust acting CEO and current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory

Link:https://george-artcabinedujardin.blogspot.com/2014/03/double-shadow-transit.html