Recent Images w/ Celestron 14″ – Planets

Venus

Image 2007-11-16
Image 2007-07-21
Image 2007-03-09
   

Mars

Image 2007-11-16
   

Jupiter

Image 2011-11-17
Image 2010-10-14
Jupiter at opposition, 2010.  The South Equatorial Belt has disappeared.
Image 2009-11-04
Showing the shadow of Jupiter’s Moon Io on the left.
The Great Red Spot is the yellowish smudge on the far right, just below the South Equatorial Belt.
The dark red smudge next to the GRS is another storm system that has been following the GRS recently.
Image 2009-09-30
Image 2008-10-18 @ 06:01 pm
Image 2008-10-18 @ 05:42 pm
with moons
Image 2008-06-24
with Great Red Spot
Image 2007-07-31 @ 11:14 pm
Showing rotation of Jupiter and motion of Europa’s shadow.
Image 2007-07-31 @ 11:10 pm
A different exposure to bring out Europa.
Image 2007-07-31 @ 10:30 pm
Showing shadow of Europa.
Image 2007-07-24
Image 2007-07-12
The dark spot in the center is the shadow of the moon Io.
Io itself is the bright patch on the right.
Image 2007-05-19
Image 2007-03-20
   

Saturn

Image 2009-04-30
The rings are almost edge-on this season.
This occurs when Earth and Saturn are just about on the same plane in the Solar System.
Image 2008-04-12
Image 2008-03-22
Image 2007-11-16
Image 2007-11-16
with moons, east side
Image 2007-11-16
with moons, west side
Image 2007-04-05
Image 2007-03-27
Image 2007-03-24
Image 2007-03-09
   

Uranus

Image 2007-10-29
   

Neptune

Image 2007-10-29