IO’s transit

Jupiter. Transit from Satellite Io and its shadow. A small animation of the transit of the Io satellite and its shadow across the Jupiter disk. I lost a few ...

Io (/ˈaɪ.oʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ἰώ [iːɔ̌ː]) was, in Greek mythology, one of the mortal lovers of Zeus. An Argive princess, she was an ancestor of many kings and heroes such as Perseus, Cadmus, Heracles, Minos, Lynceus, Cepheus, and Danaus. The astronomer Simon Marius named a moon of Jupiter after Io in 1614. Here we a short animation of the transit of IO and its shadow across the Jupiter.

A lost a few frames because of the clouds. 2020/04/29 - 2h25m (start 05h58m, end 08h23m UT) 124 frames, 13fps, AVI Format. Newton 275mm f/5,3 + ASI290MC + PMTV 5x.

Copyright: Jose Luis Pereira