Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomer's Moon


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#102932 by @ 25.08.2007 00:00 - nach oben -
Astronomer's Moon


Explanation:

Jupiter is
an astronomer's planet --
its large size and contrasting global
cloud belts and zones
allow detailed studies with a range of
earthbound telescopes.

On the other hand, most telescopic views
of Jupiter's moons usually
show only featureless, tantalizing points of light hovering near
the ruling gas giant.

But this impressive picture from a small, ground-based
telescope reveals a
stunning
amount of detail
on Ganymede,
a jovian moon about the same size as Earth's moon but at least 1,500
times farther away.

The image was carefully constructed by combining and processing
only the 409 sharpest frames from a total of 10,000 recorded
at 30 frames per second by a digital camera.

Ganymede's
radius is about 2,600 kilometers indicating that the
surface markings visible are as small
as around 900 kilometers across.




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zorg.ch
#102937 by @ 25.08.2007 12:02 - nach oben -
wtf
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#102946 by @ 26.08.2007 03:34 - nach oben -
ich nim a da isch nur de mond
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#102953 by @ 26.08.2007 11:30 - nach oben -
min kommentar het sich uf d tatsach bezoge, dass s bild nöd vorhande gsii isch. bevor ichs gfix0red ha.
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#102956 by @ 26.08.2007 14:20 - nach oben -
min held. doerf i dir jetzt jesus saege ?
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#102963 by @ 26.08.2007 21:14 - nach oben -
gott wär mir lieber.