Ganymede surface details

Ganymede shows clear surface details in this image. To the upper left is the bright crater region Osiris, and the dark band of Marius Regio stretches across the disc. The darker Galileo Regio to the south makes the disc fade into the background darkness.

Technical details

OPTICS10" Newtonian f/5.2, TeleVue 5x Powermate
MOUNTLosmandy G11 equatorial
CAMERAPhilips ToUCam Pro SC1 webcam
FILTERSNone
EXPOSURE1800 x 1/25th s
DATE/TIME05/04/2006 13:35 UTC
LOCATIONMy backyard observatory in west Auckland, New Zealand

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