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| Jupiter 313 frames at 93% best quality in Registax |
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| Jupiter 134 frames at 93% best quality in Registax |
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| Jupiter 215 frames at 97% best quality in Registax |
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| Jupiter 2 frames at 100% best quality in Registax |
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| Jupiter 620 frames at 90% best quality in Registax |
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| Jupiter 2079 frames at 85% best quality in Registax |
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| Jupiter 274 frames at 90% best quality in Registax |
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| Jupiter 209 frames at 90% best quality in Registax |
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| Jupiter 2 frames at 100% best quality in Registax |
Jupiter (142.984 km at the equator), continues to be a fascinating reference for astronomers of all levels. Best to look at the planet, and the others too, is when it is in oposition (fully illuminated by the Sun). When a planet is in its orbit on the same side of the Sun, usually it is the closest to us, and so the features of the largest planet in our Solar System are most visible through a telescope.
But to see Jupiter when it is closest to Earth, we should wait 11.86 years, because that it is the time of its orbital rotation around the Sun.
About the inside of the planet we don't know many things and will not know for a long time to come. Only Galileo spacecraft managed to release an atmospheric probe in Jupiter's upper clouds, and lost signal when was 150 km deep. If this planet, like other gaseous planets, has a rocky soil or not, we can only guess for now.
It is thought that Jupiter has a rocky core, which has between 10 to 15 Earth masses.
Despite its size, the giant planet is not heavy. If it dropped in an ocean big enough, it would float to the surface, as Saturn.
Images are Registax processings of a video that have taken a variety of frames, at several levels of quality, merged to form a single image.
To see the video of these images, go to Video by astronomical telescope Jupiter filmed in December 31, 2012
Optics: Celestron C8-Newtonian telescope, 20mm Plossl, 2x Barlow
Mount: CG5 (EQ5) motorized
Camera: Sony CX130
Filter: no
Date: 31/12/2012
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Processing: Registax, FastStone Image Viewer
Posted in: Gallery-Registax,Planets-Jupiter
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