Movement of Jupiter's cloud bands over nearly 2 hours on March 30th. The Equatorial Zone travels to the east at 70 kilometers per hour, or 160 miles per hour, at the equator to 430 kph/270 mph at the edges. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Ethan Chappel
@chappelastro.com
26-year old astrophotographer in Cibolo, TX, USA https://www.chappelastro.com/
Saturn is back! After passing behind the Sun in late-March, Saturn is rising out of the morning twilight. The southern hemisphere is tilted more towards us than last year as it moved away from last year's equinox and towards the next solstice in 2032. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Jupiter with an Io shadow transit on March 23rd, 2026. Notice how the shadow appears elongated as it hits the edge of the planet. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Jupiter with the Great Red Spot through good seeing conditions despite gusty winds. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Jupiter with Callisto on March 1st. Close inspection of Callisto reveals hints of its old and battered surface. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Artemis II mission returning to Earth from the Moon on April 8th, as dawn was starting here. Integrity was 338,000 km away at the start, and nearly 1,000 km closer at the end 23 minutes later #Artemis #ArtemisII #NASA #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Saturn with Tethys, Dione, and Rhea on September 2nd, 2025. 12 years to the night after my first shot of the ringed planet with an EdgeHD 8 and original USB 2.0 ASI120MM. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Jupiter was in the line of sight between us and the magnitude 7.9 star HD 61660 on October 13th, appearing as an interloper among the Galilean Moons. It's an orange star 25x more luminous than the Sun and 660 light years away. Europa had a very close pass from home. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Titan casting its shadow on Saturn on August 3rd, 2025. Tethys is also transiting just above the rings, but they were blocking the view its shadow. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Neptune and Triton on September 19th, 2025. Look carefully and you'll notice the subtle gradient from brighter in the south to darker in the north. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Horsehead & Flame Nebulas with Alnitak, the bright star on the left of Orion's belt. #Astrophotography
Jupiter with the Great Red Spot yesterday morning in visible light and near-infrared. #Astrophotography
Jupiter this morning. Finally becoming viable to catch a decent image of it as it rises away from the morning twilight. #Astrophotography
Venus on June 21st, 2025 in bi-color IR-UV to emphasize the cloud features in the atmosphere. #Astrophotography
