Jupiter Transit

Jupiter with dual moon transit (Io and Ganymede)

Top left: Io (top) and Ganymede (bottom) before entering the disk of Jupiter. 19:52 UT+1
Top right: Io just on the edge of Jupiter, while Ganymede is already in front of the planet. 20:30 UT+1
Bottom left: Io on the right edge, while Ganymede has finished its transit. Shadow of Io can be seen clearly. 22:32 UT+1
Both moons has now finished the transit, the great red dot can seen on the left side of Jupiter. 22:47 UT+1

A video animation made from 222 images taken at 60s intervals is available here.

Pictures taken from Bergen, Norway. 10th January 2013.
Camera: Point Grey Research Chameleon 1.3 Megapixel monochrome.
Telescope: Borg ED101 F6,4 refractor with 2.5X TeleVue Powermate (1600 mm focal length).
Processing: Registax 6, Ninox, Photoshop CS5

Jupiter with moons

Picture taken from Bergen, Norway. 10 March 2004, 20:25UT
Camera: Philips ToUcam Pro II CCD webcamera.
Telescope: Meade ETX-90EC, Primary focus.
Two images with different exposures are combined:
One exposed for planet and one exposed for moons.
Image of Jupiter captured and stacked with K3CCDTools.
Image of moons captured with K3CCDTools and stacked with RegiStax 2.
Final processing and combination of images in Photoshop.
© 2004 Odd Høydalsvik

Picture taken from Bergen, Norway. 14 April 2005, 21:54UT
Camera: Philips ToUcam Pro II CCD webcamera.
Telescope: Vixen R200SS, Primary focus.
Images of captured and stacked with K3CCDTools.
Final processing and combination of images in Photoshop.
© 2005 Odd Høydalsvik