Astrophoto: Callisto Transit by Leonard E. Mercer

Leonard E. Mercer took this image of Jupiter with Callisto Transit. Also Europa, Callisto, Ganymede & Io are visible in this image, from left to right. Leonard took this picture on the 22th of June 2005 using Nexstar 8i SE with Meade DSI.

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Astrophoto: Lunar Trio By Tom Orff

Astrophotographer Tom Orff took this Moon picture of the three major lunar craters; Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina, on the 28th April 2001 from Shenandoah PA, USA. Image was acquired with a Starlight Xpress MX516 CCD camera and an 8″ Celestron Starhopper Dobsonian with a Dob Driver II at 3x prime focus (3600mm focal length (at f/18) with a TeleVue 3x barlow).

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