Jupiter is the largest
planet in the solar system. The planet is 11 earth diameters wide. To give
an idea of the size of the planet, the great red spot, visible in some of the
images below could easily fit the earth within it. It is about 5 times
further from the Sun that we are here on planet earth. It takes about forty minutes
on average for the light from Jupiter to reach our eyes. |
29th May 2005
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28th May 2005 These
set of images were taken between 21:00UT and 22:30UT. Below
is one frame showing all four moons of Jupiter and Io's shadow.
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17th May 2005 |
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12th May 2005 The seeing
on this night wasn't too good, however I wanted to capture an image
of the shadow of Io. |
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7thMay 2005 Above is a small animation of the three images opposite. The animation shows how the seeing has worsened during the imaging session. The advantage of an animation is that is confirms whether features are real or just noise. True features will move with the rotation of the planet, noise or processing artifacts will not. |
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May 1st 2005 The seeing on this night was pretty good for my location. There is an interesting feature in the centre of the disc at 21:31UT. A double festoon feeding into the equatorial band. |
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April 29th 2005 This was a repeat of my experiment. I have an IR pass filter,
made from the developed end of print film. I used these to produce the IR (22:11UT) and UV (22:04UT) images opposite, in conjunction with a Vesta 675, modified with a black and white CCD. The image at the bottom made at 22:11UT is one of my best and shows a surprising amount of detail. |
April 29th 2005 This was something of a experiment. I have an IR pass filter,
made from the developed end of print film. I used these to produce the IR (22:48UT) and UV (22:38UT) images opposite, in conjunction with a Vesta 675, modified with a black and white CCD. Notice that the moon
Io is much brighter in IR light than it is in UV. |
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18th April 2005 This was my first attempt
at imaging the planet in UV light. Note to myself: |
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