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Cabras, Sardinia, Italy
05:11 am
Celestron 114/910 Newton
Planetary camera QHY5L-II-C
Filter UV -IR cut
Barlow lens 2x Celestron Omni
Laptop computer
Software: Sharpcap, Autostakkert!3, Registax 6, GIMP
This is my astrophoto of Jupiter, the largest of the planets and the fifth in order of distance from the Sun.
The planet is classified as a gas giant because it is mainly composed of hydrogen and helium gases. The giant has many moons and currently 80 are known. The brightest moons are 4 and they are: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. These were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
Unfortunately Callisto is not visible in this photo due to the great distance from the planet.
