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Jupiter 29 Sep 2023 - Europa in Transit - 14 min WinJ Composite, Seb Lukas

Jupiter 29 Sep 2023 - Europa in Transit - 14 min WinJ Composite

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Jupiter 29 Sep 2023 - Europa in Transit - 14 min WinJ Composite, Seb Lukas

Jupiter 29 Sep 2023 - Europa in Transit - 14 min WinJ Composite

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Had few attempts at Jupiter this year already, it is proving a real challenge due to low elevation and poor seeing conditions. 

This is a collage view with north-up orientation at left.  It combines just under 6,000 frames taken over 14 minutes; low quality stacks excluded from derotation.  Because of limited data there is still quite a lot of noise around, nevertheless I managed to bring out some detail in both polar regions.  Icy moon Europa is beginning to egress Jupiter's disk, NEB has a disrupted appearance. 

Scaling factor of .63 was applied to this image, originally shot at F17.  It is centered on 1:50 am AEST, half an hour ahead of meridian transit.

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Jupiter 29 Sep 2023 - Europa in Transit - 14 min WinJ Composite, Seb Lukas