by jstrong611 » Thu Nov 29, 2012 3:41 pm
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Copyright: John Strong
Taken: Nov. 28, 2012 with a Canon T2i and Explore Scientific ED-80 telescope
How many moons can you see in this picture? Our moon - within hours of its peak fullness - is obvious. But in fact you can easily see four moons...plus a planet! Hovering in the corner of the image is Jupiter, with three of its moons clearly visible (Europa and Io on one side, and Callisto on the other side of Jupiter). Technically, there are actually five moons in this photo, but Ganymede is in transit across the face of Jupiter and washed out in its light.
Look closely at Jupiter...you may just be able to pick out the cloud bands on the surface!
This photo is a composite of three images taken in succession at different exposure settings to bring out the levels of detail in our moon (very bright), Jupiter (fairly bright), and Jupiter's moons (faint).
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Copyright: John Strong
Taken: Nov. 28, 2012 with a Canon T2i and Explore Scientific ED-80 telescope
How many moons can you see in this picture? Our moon - within hours of its peak fullness - is obvious. But in fact you can easily see four moons...plus a planet! Hovering in the corner of the image is Jupiter, with three of its moons clearly visible (Europa and Io on one side, and Callisto on the other side of Jupiter). Technically, there are actually five moons in this photo, but Ganymede is in transit across the face of Jupiter and washed out in its light.
Look closely at Jupiter...you may just be able to pick out the cloud bands on the surface!
This photo is a composite of three images taken in succession at different exposure settings to bring out the levels of detail in our moon (very bright), Jupiter (fairly bright), and Jupiter's moons (faint).