'Jupiter Rising'

Jupiter Rising

[Public Domain] 21 Jan 2015 Dylan O'Donnell
CATEGORY : Astrophotography
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When the forecast says rain later, I can’t risk setting up the telescope. So last night I took some photos with my DSLR and a regular 50mm prime lens. As I was focussing on Jupiter, rising up in the east I was surprised to learn that it’s moons are clearly visible through a regular camera! You can see two of them on each side. Europa and Io are together as one on the left, and Ganymede on the right.

I double checked with various apps to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating. It almost made the 50 mosquito bites I copped while outside near a dark wetland for 10 minutes worthwhile.

8 x 4s exposures @ 6400 ISO, f1.8, Stacked in Nebulosity.

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