Doncaster stargazer takes stunning photo of Jupiter from 500 million miles away
An amateur astronomer from Doncaster has captured a stunning image of Jupiter from his back garden – capturing the planet and its moons in all its glory from 500 million miles away.
Karl Anthony captured the image of the gas giant – the biggest planet in our Solar System – while gazing through his telescope.
As well as capturing the planet’s famous Great Red Spot, the image also picked up two of the planet’s moons, Io and Ganymede.
He said: “I took it using my telescope – it’s only a cheap one but you could see the lines through the lens.
"I had to do a 15 minute video to capture it and bring the lines in.
“It is absolutely the best pic I've ever taken.”
Jupiter is 300 times more massive than Earth – and could fit 1,300 of our planet inside it.