Jupiter is very bright and easily viewable in the daytime – especially with binoculars; the problem is you can never find it. Because it’s so close to the moon today, that’s no problem: find the moon and you’ve found Jupiter. This is my first pic of the day. I’ll update with new ones every few hours as Jupiter moves in to closest approach and the Jovian satellites start to appear. I have only a reasonable telephoto with me, not a telescope, but we’ll see how it goes.
That’s about as close as it will get: 30 minutes of arc, or a Moon’s diameter. Some folks in the Southern Hemisphere will see Jupiter completely disappear behind the moon – an occultation. But that’s me done for the evening. Happy stargazing!
Gee, i have a 10 inch Celestron and still can’t get to see Jupiter as close as you did in your second-to-last photo. I even have a kit of lenses. Your Jupiter is the size of a pea, while my Jupiter looks like the size of a half grain of rice.
Ah, if you mean the image showing all the moons labelled; that’s not my image, but a screen grab from the Starry Night simulation program – just to show the moon positions. That said, all the other pictures are taken with a Canon 100-400mm zoom lens on a Canon 7D (18Mpixel), and it does seem to do remarkebly well. It’s an L-Series with fluorite glass elements, which keep colour aberration in check. Then I can digitally zoom a fair bit with 18MP to play with. Your 10″ Celestron would do a better job in the right conditions.
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Nice pictures. Thanks
Gee, i have a 10 inch Celestron and still can’t get to see Jupiter as close as you did in your second-to-last photo. I even have a kit of lenses. Your Jupiter is the size of a pea, while my Jupiter looks like the size of a half grain of rice.
Ah, if you mean the image showing all the moons labelled; that’s not my image, but a screen grab from the Starry Night simulation program – just to show the moon positions. That said, all the other pictures are taken with a Canon 100-400mm zoom lens on a Canon 7D (18Mpixel), and it does seem to do remarkebly well. It’s an L-Series with fluorite glass elements, which keep colour aberration in check. Then I can digitally zoom a fair bit with 18MP to play with. Your 10″ Celestron would do a better job in the right conditions.
Thanks for the Space Trip, Tim its made my day ! tef
You’re welcome Tef!