Observation by Grant Privett: JUICE at 6M km

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2026 Sep 21 - 22:30

Uploaded

2026 Sep 24 - 17:54

Equipment

SX Trius 694
C14 + f/6.3 reducer

Exposure

30x 120s x2 binning

Location

Broad Chalke

Target name

JUICE

Title

JUICE at 6M km

About this image

Its not impressive, but the faint (SNR=6.5) blob at the image centre really is JUICE in bound on flyby. Its in the right place to less than 1 arc second accuracy.

As Nick James mentioned elsewhere, it must have been at an awkward angle and the waxing Moon boosted the sky background, because its hard to find. Looking at the calculated Zp for the frames it is at about mag 20.6 (Gaia G).

I hope to see it again before it heads off again, but the weather may not play ball.

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