Composite image of Jupiter and its 4 Galilean moons. How to photograph the planets. There are 79 known moons of Jupiter. Others are awaiting official names. Europa, Jupiter's icy moon, has long taunted scientists with its signs of a subsurface ocean of water and perplexing cracks on the surface. There are many interesting moons orbiting the planet, but the ones of most scientific interest are the first four moons discovered beyond Earth—the Galilean satellites. Io has been studied by spacecraft from Pioneer 10 and 11 in 1973 and 1974, all the … The planet's disk is represented by the gray strip that runs down the center of each column, which the moons past in front of when travelling from east to west (left to right), and behind when travelling from west to east (right to … My first attempt at photographing Jupiter, seen alongside the four Galilean moons. Basic layer stacking is also a way to get a combined image of Jupiter and the Jovian moons by taking the shorter exposure images of Jupiter and the longer exposures with the moons and combining them. The photograph was taken on a 35mm camera with only a 200mm lens attached. Credit Mike Barrett.
The Galileo spacecraft obtained the images to make this composite in 1996. All set up and ready for a night of lunar imaging. It is quite easy to see them, Jupiter and the Moon in particular, but quite difficult to image them. But, Jupiter’s moons cross individually quite often and it’s always amazing to see it live and in person. With an ordinary DSLR camera and wide angle lens (Such as a 18-55mm lens), you can photograph Jupiter in its current placement along the ecliptic (As long as it is not behind the Earth!). The spectacular image shown here is … Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot (GRS) is much trickier to spot than the Galilean moons. Mike Barrett October 15, 2014.

Jupiter - with two of its moons - is seen at the apex of a fir tree in this image with Mars, the red planet, glowing through the tree close by and slightly below. This is the perfect time to observe Jupiter in the night sky because it’s closest at Earth and in its full phase. Photographing the moons of Jupiter April 7th, 2017, the planet Jupiter, Earth and the sun where in a straight line (astronomers say Jupiter reached opposition then). Combined, scientists now think Jupiter has 79 moons. From top to bottom the moons are Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto. Io orbits closest to Jupiter, out of the four Galilean moons. London, UK. But what if we’d like to be a little more ambitious, perhaps we would like to focus on planet Jupiter and include some of her moons in the photograph. A longer exposure image of at least 30-seconds will reveal how much bright Jupiter is than the stars surrounding it. The planets Jupiter and Mars in conjunction, around a quarter of a degree apart (half the width of a full moon). The moons are bright enough that you can capture them in a very brief exposure. Page 1 of 2 - Amalthea the 5th Moon of Jupiter - posted in Solar System Imaging & Processing: Earlier in the week there was a thread on photographing Jupiters moon Amalthea and using that as inspiration I spent a little time tonight just after astronomical dusk to try and capture that moon using my Tele Vue NP127is. Some people got to see Jupiter … Overview Jupiter has 53 named moons. Getting to see stunning, spectacular images of Jupiter and its moons was possible because Jupiter was at its closest distance to earth for the year. With an 8 inch aperture or higher, you should see better details, such as Neptune’s moon, Triton, and Jupiter in more detail, seeing its clouds and belts. Photographing Jupiter’s moons It is not difficult to photograph the Galilean satellites as long as you have a telescope or zoom lens (which is effectively a small telescope for your camera).