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Jupiter and Ganymede on September 28 2023, Marco Lorenzi

Jupiter and Ganymede on September 28 2023

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Jupiter and Ganymede on September 28 2023, Marco Lorenzi

Jupiter and Ganymede on September 28 2023

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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This image of Jupiter was captured on the morning of September 29 (local time), during a session characterized by unstable seeing, at times quite good, and poor transparency that significantly reduced the collected signal. The continuous passage of clouds prevented compensation with a sufficient number of sequences and a significant number of frames, negatively impacting the final image noise.

During the imaging session was clearly visible on the surface of Jupiter the transit of Ganymede's shadow, its largest moon, on the left in this image.
Despite not being one of my best shots, numerous details are clearly identifiable on both Jupiter's and Ganymede's surfaces.

The image is the result of combining four sequences of 60 seconds for each RGB filter (12 sequences in total), during which Jupiter and Ganymede were present simultaneously in the framed field.
The large ROI used to get both the planet and the moon the frame slowed down the fps of the camera to 145 fps.

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Jupiter and Ganymede on September 28 2023, Marco Lorenzi