Wallen wrote:
For one, as magnification is increased, images become darker.
Then when we expose for the brightest object. The dimmer objects will not register.
If there was no other object, such as stars of the same magnitude in brightness visible, then it will not register.
But this image makes me ask questions too. Why are there no moons visible. Usually there are at least 3 visible moons because being near the planet they usually shine as bright.
Still a good capture though.
The only moon that might have had a chance of showing faintly was Titan, however it was far enough away that it would not be in the field of view of this image. Note: The picture of Jupiter I sent out earlier today does show 2 of its moons in the images (but they are much brighter than Titan and fairly close to the planet at the time of the image (see