Astrophotos

 

New Astro-Pics, all taken through a Celestron 8" Schmidt Cassegrain telescope with an Olympus C-3000 digital camera.  All were taken from Los Angeles.

Here is Jupiter, taken Friday, March 15, 2002 at 7:45pm.  The moons, from left to right, are Io, Europa, and Ganymede.

This is Saturn, taken the same night.

Some additional views of Jupiter, taken March 21, 2002 at 8:15pm.  These have been thumbnailed, so click on them for a bigger view.

Jupiter 020321 01.JPG (9254 bytes) Jupiter 020321 02.JPG (9192 bytes)

Here is the moon, also taken on March 21, 2002, at about 8:15pm.

Moon 020321 01.JPG (20253 bytes)