Jupiter and a moon
The largest planet in the Solar System, with the tiny dot of one of its moons.
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Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined. Its light and dark belts are cloud layers stretched by rapid rotation – a day on Jupiter lasts less than ten hours. Its four largest moons were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
How the image was made
- Captured
- 19 August 2023
- Total exposure
- video, keeping only the sharpest frames
- Processing
- video capture → PIPP → AutoStakkert! (sharpest frames, drizzle) → RegiStax → Topaz Photo AI (from the file name)
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