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Jupiter & IO in 3D, Marco Lorenzi

Jupiter & IO in 3D

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Jupiter & IO in 3D, Marco Lorenzi

Jupiter & IO in 3D

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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On the morning of October 1st, I had another successful imaging session where I dedicated time to photographing Jupiter. The evening began quite cloudy, but around midnight, the sky cleared, blessing me with moments of pretty good seeing conditions. I captured several 60-second sequences on Jupiter through my RGB filters and combined a selection of the best frames to obtain two images of the planet at about 20 minutes apart. In the same frame of view, to the left of Jupiter, is visible the volcanic moon Io that was getting away after having passed behind the body of the Giant just before my session started.

Because during the time passed between the two images the planet underwent a slight rotation (as a Jovian day lasts approximately 10 hours), these images effectively form a stereo pair. I combined them so into a single panel with a little a gap in between.  Focus at the center of the frame and gently cross your eyes gently until the separate images come together to see Jupiter and its moon IO floating in 3D. I've noticed that stereo pairs provide a sharper view compared to a single image, in addition to the excitement of seeing Jupiter's globe, resembling a marble, seemingly leap out from the monitor in front of my eyes..

Each pair is the combination of several 60 seconds videos for each RGB filter, selected among the sharpest one only. The image to the left (19:08 UT) is a 4R3G4B combination, while the image  on the right (19:28 UT) is a 4R3G1B

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Jupiter & IO in 3D, Marco Lorenzi