After staying up all night shooting it, here's my shot of Jupiter at "Opposition".

[demmiblue]

After staying up all night shooting it, here's my shot of Jupiter at "Opposition". This is the closest its been to Earth in 59 years.

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Wow, what a gorgeous shot!

[Bluethroughu]

1. Wow, incredible shot!

[Stuart G]

2. Beautiful Picture...K and R

[3catwoman3]

3. That is spectacular.

The all-nighter was worth it.

[Effete Snob]

4. Jupiter should get that red spot looked at....

...and if you've been with Jupiter, then you might want to check Uranus.

[Walleye]

6. Now that's funny

[GreenWave]

10. I thought the Red Spot was dying?

[Effete Snob]

19. Unfortunately, Jupiter was just covering it up with some makeup

[grantcart]

16. Snort

[BComplex]

38. Hahaha!

[soldierant]

48. Yes - who knew

Jupiter wore lipstick?

[Polly Hennessey]

5. Jupiter, a most beautiful planet.

[Walleye]

7. Wowee what a shot!

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. That is beautiful!

Stunning.

[blm]

9. Spectacular. Just gorgeous.

[usonian]

11. Wow. That is some work.

I could stay awake only so long, and took a quick shot with the cam.

Carpe Nox

Seize the night.

[niyad]

12. Just. . .WOW. Thank you so much.

[GreenWave]

13. This is what our astronauts heard while on the dark side lunar orbit;

Since nobody knew of it, I suspect they soiled their spacesuits!

After the one minute mark.

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[GreenWave]

20. Oh and here is the link for our astronauts

[link:https://qz.com/621972/listen-to-the-declassified-creepy-space-music-nasa-astronauts-heard-orbiting-the-far-side-of-the-moon/|

Finally declassified!

[Sugarcoated]

37. Wow

Very similar to the music in 50s and 60s sci fi movies

[electric_blue68]

52. Ty. wow

[soldierant]

49. Plasma.

The first time he said it, I heard "klezmer."

[electric_blue68]

51. Wow eerie and beautiful ty

[Handler]

14. Well done. Patience pays off.

[MontanaMama]

15. Kick.

How beautiful!

[Joinfortmill]

17. Wow

[Mme. Defarge]

18. Incroyable!!!

[303squadron]

21. Great pic

[cilla4progress]

22. We saw no color (telescope power)

but did see the moons: 3 on the left, one on the right.

Cool.

[YoshidaYui]

23. Amazing how Beautiful Nature can be ...

In the Universe.

[colorado_ufo]

24. Winner!!!

[Ferrets are Cool]

25. Fabulous

[LoisB]

26. That is a beautiful shot.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

27. Spectacular shot!

[FakeNoose]

28. Amazing photo! Thanks for sharing

We had cloudy skies in the Pittsburgh area last night. I couldn't see anything even if I had stayed up all night. (I didn't.)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. Just spectacular!!

[elleng]

30. FABULOUS!

[calimary]

31. Spectacular shot!

Absolutely SPECTACULAR!

[Traildogbob]

32. Wow!!!

Thank you for this share. Amazing. Well done. This made me happy.

[ECL213]

33. My 11 year old son was seriously pissed at me this morning...

because I could not make the clouds go away last night. I told him I would wake him if it cleared up and we could see anything, but he was mad that I didn't wake him up to assess the situation himself.

[Ilsa]

34. Fantastic. My hubby was too tired to get his huge telescope

out to the deck to see it.

[OverBurn]

35. How powerful of a telescope do you need for a shot like that?

[judesedit]

36. Wow! Awesome shot!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. A glorious and stunning photo! Definitely worth staying up to catch this one!

[herding cats]

40. Wow!

That is truly stunning!

[greblach]

41. Wow! nt

[Bristlecone]

42. That is a great pic

[onecaliberal]

43. WOW!

[PatrickforB]

44. That's about as perfect as you can get! n/t

[whistler162]

45. So Jupiter gave Andrew McCarthy

the raspberry for staying up all night.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/Blowing_a_raspberry.ogv/Blowing_a_raspberry.ogv.360p.vp9.webm

[housecat]

46. mind-boggling. congtats!

[wendyb-NC]

47. Gorgeous picture of Jupiter

Stunning detail. Thanks for sharing it.

[electric_blue68]

50. That is amazing! Beautiful. Wow!

[burrowowl]

53. Beautiful, patience pays off!

[AverageOldGuy]

54. Astounding pic!! Technical details???

One of the very best pics of Jupiter I've ever seen.

Are you able to share any technical details?
-- Telescope?
-- Mount?
-- Camera?
-- Number of images? One shot, or, stacked?

After 20 years as an occasional very amateur astronomer, I dragged out my old 12-inch Dob which I will collimate this afternoon, replace the Telrad, and go after the Messier objects.

I have an old Sony DSC-P93 point-and-shoot for which I have an adapter that lets me remove the lens ring from the camera, click in the adapter, and mount it in the eyepiece mount and take photos with the point-and-shoot. Fairly primitive, most of my shots are fuzzy, but now and then I come up with a good one -- that is, good for the very basic setup.

[BobTheSubgenius]

55. Incredible.

Far, FAR more impressive than seeing Saturn through the "small" telescope at the observatory near my former residence.