[AZ-Observing] Re: [SPAM] Jupiter With Only One Moon Visible Tuesday Night
- From: Tim Jones <tjmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:09:21 -0700
This past Saturday evening's alignment was also quite interesting as the moons
were paired off on either side of Jupiter sort of like this:
: O :
(isn't ASCII art fun)?
Tim
On Mar 25, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Passing this on from a post by Eric Jamison on Cloudynights. For a period of
> about 1 1/2 hours on Tuesday, two of Jupiters moons will be behind the
> planet, and one in front, leaving only Callisto off to the side. This event
> is sort of rare. It favors locations east of Arizona, but we will be able to
> see it here after sunset The time range is defined by the period between
> Io's disappearance Ganymede's reappearance, which is 5:41 p.m. to 7:12 p.m.
> MST. Sunset is at 6:45 p.m., and you should be able to pick up Jupiter by
> 7:00.
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