A couple days ago I was able to capture Jupiter and the Galilean Moons as they passed over a mountain.

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aatdalt on May 26th, 2019 at 07:40 UTC »

I was able to take a picture of Jupiter and the 4 Galilean moons as they passed just above the mountains to the south of me on May 20th, 2019. Being in Alaska, this is about as bad a possible year to observe the planet. In about 5 years it should rise a lot higher in the sky.

Equipment

Camera: Canon 80D

Lens: Tau/Five Star 500mm f/8.0 vintage camera lens (with horrible chromatic aberration)

Accessories: Just a tripod.

Aquisition

Single shot: 1s, f/8, ISO 3200

Processing

Not much, just some levels balancing in Lightroom. Slight crop.

Seeing conditions were absolutley awful. Jupiter looked like it was underwater as it was only about 5ยฐ elevation and obviously just barely above local horizon. Also passed through a high haze layer a bit. Still happy how cool this shot turned out.

Check out more non-astrophotography work of mine at my wife's and my website: www.alaskadaltons.org

Hanspi02 on May 26th, 2019 at 08:00 UTC »

Damn thatโ€™s one nice photo you got there ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿฟ

Santarini on May 26th, 2019 at 08:42 UTC »

Looks like the Titans from Hercules are being released