A Transit of Io

Published by 85 on February 17, 2004 at 10:24 a.m..


Photo taken on Tuesday 04 March 2003 in Tenerife, Canary Isl.

[Webcam]
PHILIPS - Toucam Pro

[Eyepiece Projection]
CELESTRON - C11

These images obtained under excellent seeing reveal a wealth of fine detail, especially withing the SEB, and polar regions. The globe of Io can be clearly seen showing its bright equator and darker polar regions, with its shadow cast on the cloud tops following behind it.

11' Schmidt Cassegrain @ f/22.1 with a Philips ToUcam Pro. 500 - 700 images averaged.

 

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Hubert Querlioz 21 year(s) 1 month(s) ago at 18:02
Hubert Querlioz Superbe image ! Un grand bravo et merci !
Frédéric GUINEPAIN 21 year(s) 1 month(s) ago at 09:02
Frédéric GUINEPAIN Voilà une superbe image de Jupiter montrant de nombreux détails ! Superbe :-D

BRAVO
Jordán Fernando 21 year(s) ago at 22:02
Jordán Fernando Creo que es una de las mejores
imagenes que he visto ultimamente. Enhorabuena.
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