Jupiter is the largest planet of our system. Imaging planet is not so easy as it look and this picture is a good proof of this. I can tell you that visually planets are alway better than photographically. The main reason is the atmosphere that, at the high magnification required by the planets imaging, shows a lot of instability that the eye does not record but the film does.


Picture Note

Date: Summer 1999
Location: My Backyard in San Jose California
Telescope: Firstscope Deluxe Celestron.
Focal Ratio: f/20 maybe more
Exposure: 2 sec.