Jupiter with Io transit

[Froeng]

First sketch last night with mediocre seeing, second one this morning at the end of Io’s transit and less turbulence. Both with a C8, at 225x and binoviewer (2x9mm Vixen LV):

one thing I find difficult is to keep up with the plant’s moving surface clouds. Hence some features may not be in the exactly correct places!

Edited September 17, 2022 by Froeng

[Stu]

Nice sketches @Froeng, not easy to do and you’ve captured the main elements well. I checked on SkySafari and you are pretty close! One thing I noticed was how the gap between Io (and its shadow) relative to the GRS grows as they move across the disk.

[dweller25]

Another good sketch, you should soon be able to see detail within the equatorial belts 👍

[RobertI]

Super sketch, nice rendition of the transit. 👍

[Froeng]

Thank you All.

I am still practising - and always will be...

[callisto]

Excellent rendition... reminds me of the drawings members used to send to the SPA for their quarterly newsletters 👍