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Jupiter Images from the 1970s and 1980s


The following images represent some of my earliest attempts at photographing Jupiter


Sometime around 1980

Unknown exposure on Panatomic-X film with a 14 inch Celestron.

September 30, 1976

Unknown exposure on Panatomic-X film with an 8 inch Celestron.

September 30, 1976

Unknown exposure on Panatomic-X film with an 8 inch Celestron.

October 29, 1975

Three second exposure on Tri-X sheet film, using eyepiece projection with a homemade camera body and 6 inch Newtonian reflector. The four Galilean moons are visible to the right of Jupiter.

October 29, 1975

Annotated version of the above image.