This is an awesome capture. I'll never forget about 10 years ago my dad got me a Nikon zoom camera that really ignited my passion for astronomy. It had an amazing 500x zoom. It might not have been exactly 500x, I don't really remember, but I could get really excellent pics of the moon with great detail. So, I decided to try and capture Jupiter. It would only be an orange glow in the picture, but still pretty cool. In the digital screen after the pic was taken there were 3 smaller anomalies around Jupiter that I thought were lens flare. That didn't make any sense, though. Then, I realized it must have been Jupiter's moons. Anyway, no one asked, but now you know.
Edit: Just went to check on the camera. It was a Nikon Coolpix 500. It had 40x optical zoom and 80x Dynamic Fine zoom.
astronomicko on January 19th, 2020 at 14:06 UTC »
This is literally the coolest photo I have ever seen. Perfect lighting on all the moons, perfect picture
mackenzieb123 on January 19th, 2020 at 14:53 UTC »
This is an awesome capture. I'll never forget about 10 years ago my dad got me a Nikon zoom camera that really ignited my passion for astronomy. It had an amazing 500x zoom. It might not have been exactly 500x, I don't really remember, but I could get really excellent pics of the moon with great detail. So, I decided to try and capture Jupiter. It would only be an orange glow in the picture, but still pretty cool. In the digital screen after the pic was taken there were 3 smaller anomalies around Jupiter that I thought were lens flare. That didn't make any sense, though. Then, I realized it must have been Jupiter's moons. Anyway, no one asked, but now you know.
Edit: Just went to check on the camera. It was a Nikon Coolpix 500. It had 40x optical zoom and 80x Dynamic Fine zoom.
847362552 on January 19th, 2020 at 15:04 UTC »
Photographer is Juerg Alean
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb-i4h7gHIa/?hl=en