"The large-scale homogeneity of the universe makes it very difficult to believe that the structure of the universe is determined by anything so peripheral as some complicated molecular structure on a minor planet orbiting a very average star in the outer suburbs of a fairly typical galaxy."

— Steven Hawking

Jupiter

By marzulloj at Wed, 09/02/2009 - 11:19pm
Jupiter

Jupiter this September evening shot through H-alpha narrowband filter.
Prime focus through C-11. Combination of 220 exposures of 0.3 seconds each.
In the seventy seconds or so of the exposure, the moons Ganimede, Europa (Jupiter) and Io moved enough to show visible trailing.

Yes, it is very nice. And

Submitted by ironsparticus (not verified)
on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 12:05am

Yes, it is very nice. And the image is only a few days old. I was just outside observing Jupiter myself. So what I saw in the scope was very similar to you imaged, just not as detailed. Capturing the details is the beauty of astro imaging.

Gorgeous

Submitted by kuky
on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 3:05pm

..waiting for the color version ;)

Yes, I agree. It is

Submitted by ironsparticus (not verified)
on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 12:06am

Yes, I agree. It is gorgeous !