Galilean Satellites & Jupiter

Date & Time:	Apr 3 1991, 22:54 JST(+0900), 30sec. Exp.
Optical:	TAKAHASHI 20cm(7.9") Newtonian with Or 12.5mm eyepiece (f=3120mm, F15.6)
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera:	MINOLTA SRT-101
Film:	Konicachrome R200
Location:	Former private obs. of Tohoku Univ. astro club

Though the Jupiter has about 20 satellites, the Galilean Satellites, bright four of them, can be easily detected by small scopes. This picture is carried with north direction turning upward, and individual satellite's names from left are: Calisto, Europa, Io, and Ganimede.

Cylindrical Map of Jupiter in Aug 2007

Movements of Galilean Satellites

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