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Jupiter's Proper Motion

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

Jupiter's Proper Motion

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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The 17th of this month had a rare close conjunction with a 'bright' 8th magnitude star, which passed just south of the planet (seen at lower left here). This star-aligned time lapse shows the proper motion of Jupiter itself, with Europa temporarily in retrograde.

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Jupiter's Proper Motion, Tom Williams