|
Terms of use |
Paul Leyland
2020 Sep 11
2020 Sep 6
2020 Sep 2
2020 Aug 12
2020 Aug 6
2020 Aug 5
20:07 UTC
Another in the series of images of small satellites in the outer solar system. Pasiphae is about 60 km in diameter and was at magnitude 17.2 at the time of observation. The thirty 1-minute subs were stacked on the predicted movement of the satellite, which is why it appears circular and the background stars are trailed.
Both Pasiphae and Sinope (image at https://britastro.org/node/19562) are believed to be fragments of a single asteroid which was captured by Jupiter in the distant past.
Saharan dust illuminated by a full moon resulted in a rather lower-contrast than I would have liked.
2020 Apr 26
2020 Apr 20
2020 Apr 10
2020 Apr 9
2020 Mar 16
2020 Feb 29
2020 Jan 31
2020 Jan 18
2020 Jan 17
2020 Jan 3
2019 Dec 25
2019 Dec 10
2019 Dec 5
2019 Oct 12
2019 Oct 10
2019 Oct 9
2019 Oct 8
2019 Oct 7
2019 Oct 2
2019 Sep 22
Pages
Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work.
Reproduction of the work by third-parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder.
For more information, please ask a question in the Website Help section of our Forum.
