Astrophoto: Jupiter with 3 Moons by Jamie Ball

by dianne on August 27, 2011

Astrophoto: Jupiter with 3 Moons by Jamie Ball

Jupiter with 3 Moons. Credit: Jamie Ball


Jamie Ball captured this photo of planet Jupiter along with its 3 moons – Ganymede, Io and Europa (left to right) on August 12, 2011.

The camera Jamie used is a Canon digital rebel T1i (500d) attached to a 6″ Maksutov-Cassegrain on an NEQ6 mount. The image was then stacked in the program ‘Nebulosity’ and final processing was done in ‘Pixinsight’.

Jamie provided us with the camera specs: 80 x 1/40sec, ISO 400, f/12.5.

Check out Jamie’s photos here.

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Tagged as: Astrophotos

  • Ookmon

    Fantastic shot. Added to all my star pics, now one of the favorites.

  • Anonymous

    There are lots of cool applications that let you see the position of the stars and planets at any given moment. Check out Stellarium or Celestia for example (they’re both free!). In Stellarium, search for “Jupiter”, then use the mouse wheel to zoom right in until you can see the satellites, in exactly the position as you would see them in the sky.

  • Anonymous

    There are lots of cool applications that let you see the position of the stars and planets at any given moment. Check out Stellarium or Celestia for example (they’re both free!). In Stellarium, search for “Jupiter”, then use the mouse wheel to zoom right in until you can see the satellites, in exactly the position as you would see them in the sky.

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