Posted on 02/15/2013 6:37:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Two dark shadows loom across the banded and mottled cloud tops of Jupiter in this sharp telescopic view. In fact, captured on January 3rd, about a month after the ruling gas giant appeared at opposition in planet Earth's sky, the scene includes the shadow casters. Visible in remarkable detail at the left are the large Galilean moons Ganymede (top) and Io. With the two moon shadows still in transit, Jupiter's rapid rotation has almost carried its famous Great Red Spot (GRS) around the planet's limb from the right. The pale GRS was preceded by the smaller but similar hued Oval BA, dubbed Red Spot Jr., near top center. North is down in the inverted image.
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[Credit & Copyright: Damian Peach]
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An amazing image.
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No offense NASA, but there was a lot more significant astronomy picture of the day today than this one.
It’s the nothing!!!
I have a mental picture of a NASA astronomer waking up this morning, exited because he was in charge of the near asteroid flyby study, and today was his big moment. He'd be showing powerpoint slides to the press and being interviewed and would be famous like that mohawk guy. And then he gets upstaged. He's probably back at his desk right now, cursing.
Where are those photos you promised me of the shadows across Uranus ?
They’ll need a little time to judge the entries; I suspect also that they need to find an image that isn’t copyrighted up the yinyang by either a network or one of the syndicates. Probably have the movie of the asteroid flyby tomorrow, I didn’t check, or bump that into next week and cover the Russian kaboomie.
My promise was a tissue of lies.
It is pretty nice, isn’t it?
Maybe we’ll get to drill into Europa one day; get down into the ocean below the ice and see if something comes up and licks the camera.
Shameless tease.
The Monolith said Europa is off limits. Maybe we can drill one of her sisters, although they’re not very hot.
Must save!
Thank you so much!!
LOL.
He’s got dozens of them at his website, if you just click on his name in the APOD credit. He doesn’t go into the technical details, but he does give a personal history of his telescopic exploits on his “about” page, which at least names the telescopes and camera types. Of course, it’s the technology that makes this possible, but it takes a lot of skill and dedication to use it to full advantage.
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