Jupiter 11/9/22

In this series of images Europa followed by Ganymede transit. You can just begin to see a a dark light pattern on Ganymede's surface. Following the two satellites is the shadow of Europa. Times in DST label each image. Io emerges from Jupiter's shadow late in the sequence.

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Jupiter 11/8 and 11/9 2022

The goals for the two nights were to image Galilean satellite and satellite shadow transits. In the past I would magnify planets with a 2x Barlow but have decide to eschew Barlow in favor of prime focus with shorter exposures and higher frame rate. The planetary critical planetary sampling formula yields a focal length of  2349 mm a bit longer than my Celestron 8's 2030 mm. Considering typical mid Atlantic seeing prime focus is good enough. What follow are images of Jupiter acquired over 90 minutes and 2 hours on the two dates. Unfortunately, on the 8th Jupiter was just beginning to slide behind a nearby tree as the shadow transits took place. 

11/8/2022.

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