Tagged: Jupiter

Jupiter: 19 Oct. 2012

Jupiter: 19 Oct. 2012

Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. It is surrounded by a huge number of satellites, the biggest ones were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It is always a very rewarding...

The Moon, Venus and Jupiter, 26 Mar. 2012

The Moon, Venus and Jupiter

  This wonderful “meeting among the Moon, Venus and Jupiter happened on 26 March 2012. Pleiades are also easily visible. This image was grabbed by Gianluca Masi from Rome, Italy, using a 55/f2.8 lens. Back...

Venus and Jupiter in Rome, EUR, on 13 Mar. 2012

Venus and Jupiter from EUR, Rome

  During its last month of spring, 2012 saw a wonderful meeting in the sky, between Jupter and Venus, the brigthest and easiest to see planets of our Solar System. The picture above was...

Jupiter: rotation

Jupiter: rotation

[hana-flv-player video=’https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/jupiter_26nov2011.flv’/ width=”640″ height=”” autoplay=”true” /] Jupiter is the largest planet orbiting our Sun and its rotational period is less than 10 hours. On Nov. 26, 2011, G. Masi obtained almost 1.000 CCD images...

Jupiter

Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. It is surrounded by a huge number of satellites, the biggest ones were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It is always a very rewarding...

Jupiter

Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. It is surrounded by a huge number of satellites, the biggest ones were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It is always a very rewarding...