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| Images of Jupiter
taken from St. John's, Newfoundland. Photographed by Tim Caruk, August & September 2009 |
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This image of Jupiter was taken at St. John's, on Aug 12, 2009 using a 8 inch SCT. A recent comet or asteroid impact can be seen at the upper left in the pole region as a dark cloud. It was discovered by Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley on July 19, 2009 and has slowly dispersed into a larger fainter black cloud. Click on image for full original photo. |
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This image of Jupiter was taken at St. John's, on Sept 10, 2009. I obtained this image of Jupiter using an 8 inch Meade SCT and a Canon A 540 digital camera in video mode. Jupiter is now moving away from opposition to Earth. Click on image for full original photo. |
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This image of Jupiter was taken at St. John's, September 15, 2009, and is probably the clearest image I have ever taken of Jupiter, so far. I obtained it using a Meade 8 inch SCT with an atmospheric corrector to correct refraction caused by the atmosphere, since Jupiter is closer to the horizon. It is a combination of over 1000 images taken using a Canon A540 PowerShot at 30 frames per second. Click on image for full original photo. |