Observation by Chris Hooker: Transit of Io, 2nd January 2025

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2025 Jan 02 - 22:09

Uploaded

2025 Jan 03 - 16:47

Objects

Jupiter

Equipment

254 mm F/6.3 Newtonian
3x Barlow
ZWO ASI462MC camera with Baader IR-cut filter

Exposure

6.5 msec @ F/19

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Jupiter

Title

Transit of Io, 2nd January 2025

About this image

This image was taken eighteen minutes after the second of the previous pair. Ganymede was no longer visible, and Io had begun its transit across Jupiter. The seeing improved for a few minutes, giving an image with more detail in the cloud belts.

3000 of 6000 frames stacked in Autostakkert!3 and processed in Registax.

Files associated with this observation

Io Transit 2 Jan 25.PNG (528.8 kB)

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