Jupiter with Galilean moons

Nearing the end of my imaging session yesterday morning, with the sun beginning to rise, I thought I'd shorten the focal length and widen the field a bit to capture Jupiter with the major moons since my wife Andi thought they were presenting themselves in a pretty arrangement. Here is a labeled and unlabeled version; my apologies if the typeface is too small on your monitor.

Thanks for looking!

Dave Polan

Jupiter with Galilean moons, labeled
Jupiter with Galilean moons, unlabeled

Excellent wide Image of the

Excellent wide Image of the Jovian system!

Very Nice,
I had thought about it early that morning, but my leg was still hurting too much to hobble into the backyard observatory.

But I can still enjoy your images!

Very Nice Dave!

Best Regards,
John

That's beautiful! On this

That's beautiful! On this scale Jupiter looks really sharp.

-John

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If 50 years of amateur astronomy and space exploration has taught me anything it is that the Earth is a very special place. It would be nice to protect it like it’s the only Earth we’re ever going to have.

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