Do a Doubletake: Jupiter and Europa

By Nancy Atkinson - November 9, 2012 at 4:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Here's a recent view of Jupiter, with its moon Europa just coming into view from behind the planet, as seen by Efrain Morales of the

Jaicoa Observatory

in Puerto Rico. Why two images? This is a different way to see it in 3-D -- just focus on the center between the 2 images and kind of cross your eyes. Not everyone can see the effect, but its pretty cool when it works. Click the image for a larger version.

Efrain took the image on November 4th, at 07:20 UTC. Also visible are the Great Red Spot and Oval Ba transiting across the Jovian disk.

Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik RGB filter set.

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