Europa Transit

Jupiter and Europa
Jupiter and Europa

Location: Płaza, Poland
Date: 04.11.2011
Media: graphite pencil, white paper

This is sketch of the Jupiter and one of his moons – Europa, which had a beautiful transit in the front of the Jupiter. I used an 8″ reflector with a 240x power. Seeing wasn’t so good as a few days ago, but it was livable and there wasn’t even one cloud on the sky. The Europa and her shadow was clearly visible, so I decided to made this sketch.

Jupiter Composite

Jupiter Composite - November 5, 2011
Jupiter Composite - November 5, 2011

Hello,

Here is a composite sketch of Jupiter, showing nearly a complete rotation of the planet.
It is made in a session lasting only a single night, last november 5th.
Time: 18h30, 19h35, 20h40, 21h40, 22h40, 23h45, 0h35, 1h30 en 2h20 UT.
It shows Jupiter between length of CM2 311° and 206°.

The telescope used was a 14” Dobson with Apodizing mask.
Mag. ranged from 200x tot 360x.

Greetings,
Tom Borger

Lochem, The Netherlands

Jupiter and the Moon in Conjunction with the big Tower

Conjunction of Moon and Jupiter
Conjunction of Moon and Jupiter

Object Type: Conjunction
Location: Montreal, Canada
Date: October 13th 2011
Media: Pastel
On October the 13th while returning home after a lecture given by the astrophysicist J.P. Luminet, I saw this beautiful conjunction between our moon, Jupiter and the Dome of the Tower of the University of Montreal where I work. Our moon looked as if it rested on a small cloud. I sat on a nearby bench and took my time to sketched the view in my notebook. I copied the sketched at home on black paper, adding colors with pastel.

Jean Barbeau,
microbiologiste
Faculté de médecine dentaire
Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal, Qué
H1T 1K3

Digital impression of Jupiter and Europa

Digital Impression of Jupiter and Europa
Digital Impression of Jupiter and Europa

Object Type (Planet, moon)
Location (At Home)
Date (16-07-2011)
Media (Photoshop CS2)

Due to bad weather it is not possible for some time to observe the sky. That’s why I tried some in Photoshop.

It is a digital impression of Jupiter with Europa in the foreground.

It is my first try, hope you’ll like it.


Best regards,

Bert Schwertman
The Netherlands

Voyager’s View of Jupiter

– Object Name: Jupiter
– Object Type: Planet
– Location: Lith, the Netherlands
– Date: 11-6-2011
– Media: pencil sketch on white paper

On March 5, 1979, Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter. During this passage, the probe made a series of legendary photographs of the planet.
Almost two years later, Voyager 1 flew past Saturn. After this passage, the probe began on its interstellar mission.

The sketch below is based on a photograph of Jupiter taken by Voyager 1. It is a pencil sketch, made on white paper.

Thanks for watching!

Rutger Teule
www.rutgerteule.com