GIOVE-A spotted by Swiss astronomer

A Swiss amateur Astronomer, Stefano Sposetti has managed to image Giove-A in orbit on Sunday Evening 8 January 2006. He used his 40 cm (16 inch) telescope to image a trace of the satellite. It should be remembered that it is 23,000 km (over 14,000 miles) away, and that it is matt-black in colour making it very difficult to see.

For the keen eye, the trace can be seen in the image below, moving from the Top-Right of the image towards the middle using a ten-second exposure.

Please click to enlarge the image.



This entry was posted by Robin Wolstenholme on Wednesday, January 11. 2006 at 16:30. and is filed under Technology. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog. All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed.
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