Jupiter

This is a movie of Jupiter I took a couple months ago.  I took it with a modified Quickcam 3000 webcam attached to my 12" reflector telescope.

Why is Jupiter moving so fast?  Actually, it's moving at normal speed, it just looks fast because we're just looking at a tiny sliver of the sky.  Heavenly bodies scoot along at about 15 degrees per hour because of the earth's rotation.   The field of view in this 10 second movie is less than 1/25th of a degree, a pretty small slice of the sky. 

You can clearly see Jupiter's bands.  Several moons were also visible, but the webcam just didn't have the resolution required.

Enjoy!