Eclipse on Jupiter with my 8 inch Dobsonian and smartphone

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    Equipment:- explorescientific 208mm Dobsonian, svbony’s 2x barlow lens and a 7mm eyepiece, One Plus smartphone on a smartphone adapter.

    Processing:- PIPP, Autostakkert and Registax

    Notice how Jupiter is not a sphere. It’s an oblate spheroid. Jupiter spins extremely fast, once in about 10 hours. This creates a strong outward
    centrifugal force at the equator, causing the planet to bulge outward there. This is the reason for its shape. You can also see a dot on the right, it is Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. Notice its shadow on the left edge. Eclipses on Jupiter are much more common than on Earth.