Ganymede

Ganymede
February 02, 2026

Ganymede

Taken early morning on 11th Nov in good seeing. Close-up look at Ganymede, largest moon in the solar system, but still only 1.5 arcsecs in diameter as seen from Earth. This is the first time I've been able to capture vague surface markings. The lower image is a computer simulation for the same time, which shows reasonable agreement with my image, which was pleasing!