There are many people who are interested in space. One of these people An amateur astronomer living in the US reddit user /liger444 it happened. The amateur astronomer captured Jupiter’s rotation on camera with the video he shared. The resulting images are quite eye-catching.

Jupiter is a planet that completes its rotation around its axis very quickly. It completes a full rotation in 9 hours 50 minutes 30 seconds. Therefore, it is possible to see the rotation of the planet even in short-term observations. in this video 4 hours of shooting Results.

Why does Jupiter spin strangely?

in these images The Return of Jupiter not quite as expected. The reason for this situation is the shooting system used. Altitude azimuth A system that measures the angular distance of a celestial body from the observer from a point on the horizon, in images taken with the system. Azimuth is for horizontal, height is for vertical measurement. In this rotation, the rotation of the Earth on its axis, as well as Jupiter, was also recorded.

The user also explained what equipment he was using

astronomer living in Texas, USA, 6 inch He explained that he used a telescope and camera. The equipment used is as follows:

• Telescope: Celestron Nexstar 6SE
• accessories: Two 2x Barlow lenses
• Camera: ZWO Asi 120mc
• Stellage: 6SE mounting

Images of images merged

The amateur astronomer used a method called “Lucky Imaging” in this project. This method shoots videos instead of taking photos one by one. Then frames with low atmospheric distortions are selected from the frames in this video, and then these images are combined.