Current Events > Incredible images of Jupiter

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https://www.wired.com/story/space-photos-jupiter
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Not as impressive but I saw it through the Merz und Mahler 11 inch refractor telescope in Cincinnati. The oldest functioning refractor telescope in the U.S. iiirc.

Actually seeing celestial objects through a telescope is a wonderful experience.
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Not as impressive but I saw it through the Merz und Mahler 11 inch refractor telescope in Cincinnati. The oldest functioning refractor telescope in the U.S. iiirc.

Actually seeing celestial objects through a telescope is a wonderful experience.

I saw Jupiter through Mizzou's observatory last semester. Was amazing.
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Not as impressive but I saw it through the Merz und Mahler 11 inch refractor telescope in Cincinnati. The oldest functioning refractor telescope in the U.S. iiirc.

Actually seeing celestial objects through a telescope is a wonderful experience.

Awesome!
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It's insane that we have the technology to take HD photos of these planets that are so far away. Just thinking about the amount of calculation that would have to be done to know 1) when to launch the rocket 2) how fast the rocket needs to go to end up at the right spot to even take a photo and 3) being able to predict that the rocket will actually orbit around the planet...

Amazing stuff.
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This is Jupiter through my 6" SCT. There are actually two moons here, one is transiting near the upper right of the disc.
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Two? Hard to see.
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Frostshock posted...

This is Jupiter through my 6" SCT. There are actually two moons here, one is transiting near the upper right of the disc.

Is that just chromatic aberration, or is Jupiter really that oblate?

An SCT should produce little to no chromatic aberration, which would appear more like an out of focus haze or double image towards the violet end of the spectrum.

Jupiter actually does have a fat equator, but I can't attest to the accuracy of my image. It obviously has been processed quite a bit to bring out that much detail from a fairly small aperture.
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Vol2tex posted...

Two? Hard to see.

If you trace left to right along the top of the southern equatorial band, you should see a spot that looks like it doesn't belong, approximately 80% of the way along the equator.

If I was at my computer I could look up the date and time of the this photo to see the arrangement of the moons, but trust me it's there.
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Frostshock posted...

An SCT should produce little to no chromatic aberration, which would appear more like an out of focus haze or double image towards the violet end of the spectrum.

The bottom left is reddish, and the upper right is bluish.