Jupiter with Io and Shadow Transit Animation

[Mike Salway]

This morning, 7th May local time, I had reasonably good seeing for about an hour - long enough to capture 7 runs of Jupiter with the Galilean Moon Io and its shadow transiting across the Jovian disc.

The red channel was pretty good in almost all images, but unfortunately the blue channel was pretty ordinary, bringing down most of the images from what they could’ve been. Still, I can’t complain as the last few days have seen some better than average conditions, allowing me to finally start getting some runs on the board with this Jupiter season.

The best two images from the session are shown here, as well as a 7-frame animation of the red channel showing Jupiter rotating and Io and its shadow in transit.

7-frame animation here:
Jupiter, Io and Shadow Animation

More info here:
Jupiter with Io and Shadow Transit Animation in Good Seeing

Thanks for looking.

[uridiscence]

That's pretty cool!

[rawHulk]

Amazing shots mike..

If you don't mind me asking.. what do you do for a living..? Are you a astronomer or scientist or the like.. How do you take these pictures..? what's the telescope you use ?

[jakethepig]

Mike another exceptionally spectacular set. I am in awe of your work with the telescope. Just amazing Mike Thank you for sharing them with us.

Jake

[Fred flyfisher]

That is sooo cool. TFS!