The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

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 !