I was extremely lucky to capture this transit of Io on Jupiter as the clouds came rolling in and the sky was full of moisture. To really get beautiful clear images of the planets you need a steady clear sky, but sometimes you just have to take what’s given to you and do the best you can :-)
Jupiter comes to opposition on the 10th January 2026 when the planet will be at its closest and brightest to Earth, hopefully we’ll have some clear weather for the event.
This is the best time to grab your telescope to view this magnificent planet, the bigger the aperture of your telescope the clearer the view of the planet.
When I’m in the observatory taking images of the large gas planets, I always do a screen shot from an excellent FREE app called ‘Gas Giants’ that way I know what moons of Jupiter are visible at the time of capture the link is at:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gas-giants/id397831483
Images were taken with a Meade LX200 10 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain in my Stardust Observatory at Leyburn, using a ZWO ACI120 MC camera with a 3x Barlow attached. AVI movies were captured with 3000 frames. The frames were stacked in REgiStax6 and processed in PS.
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