The following Jupiter picture was taken by Australian astronomy amateur Mike Salway with his DMK 21AU04.AS Astronomy Camera. Io, the famous volcano moon of Jupiter, is visible in the picture, along with its shadow projected on the planet.

Picture of Jupiter and Io

We quote Mike’s email as below:

On Saturday night 8th August, I was able to capture some images of Jupiter with Io and its shadow in transit. The seeing was just above average – good enough to capture albedo features on Io, including the dark polar regions in
contrast against the cloud tops of Jupiter.

The best image from the session is attached. Io and it’s shadow are seen on the left, the Wesley Impact Scar is at top left just setting, and Oval BA is on the top right just rising.

And click below to see an animation of all 6 frames captured on the night, in seeing that started at about 4-5/10 and improved slightly to peak at 6/10 but never got any better than that.

Jupiter with Io Transit and Animation – 8th August

Thank you Mike! Great Jupiter Picture!