Jupiter and the Gallilean moons

Jupiter
My first shot of Jupiter and its four visible moons with the Canon G3X. Impressively clear given the shot is handheld – the IS in the G3X never ceases to amaze. From left to right the moons are Ganymede, Europa, Io(appearing to be touching Jupiter at about nine o’clock) and Callisto.

ISO400 1/30 at f/5.6 on full zoom and cropped/tweaked in LR. Exact timing at GMT+2: 21:30.13

Mercury transit

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Yesterday’s transit of Mercury across the Sun taken during a late afternoon break in the clouds here at Le Gupole. Mercury is the smaller dot to the left; the other mark is a sunspot.

Canon EOS40D with Canon EF 70-200mm lens at 176mm with 3.0 1000x ND filter ISO100 1/8000 at f/18. Handheld shot with the diaphragm  button depressed to reduce the sun’s intensity on my eye!

Timing 2.56 p.m. CEST (UTC+2). Location ~43N 12E

Ping!

sunrise

Sunrise over Monte Dogana, Val Cerfone, Tuscany (the view from our house!)

Canon G3X at 8.8mm (24mm equiv) ISO160 1/1600 at f/10 with ND filter enabled