[AZ-Observing] Re: Europa and Ganymede last night
- From: Gene A Lucas <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:09:51 -0700
Tom Polakis has recommended the program, WinJupos, which evidently
predicts Jovian events accurately.
http://www.grischa-hahn.homepage.t-online.de/astro/winjupos/index.htm
WinJuposGuide in English
http://alpo-j.asahikawa-med.ac.jp/Latest/WinJUPOS/winjuposcuide_english.html
I am not familiar with the WinJupos program, but Tom has evidently had
good success using it.
You might also look at GUIDE software (by Bill Gray at Project Pluto),
which is popular amongst the IOTA occultation and MPML (minor planets)
communities: http://www.projectpluto.com/
There is also JupSat pro (not free) software:
http://www.nightskyobserver.com/JupSatPro/
For just an informal graph of relative Jovian satellite positions, there
are freebie Windoze (DOS) programs available from Dr. Dan Bruton of
Stephen F. Austin State U. (SFASU):
http://www.midnightkite.com/dansoftware.html
Look for Galsat and Satsat:
http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/software/galsat53.zip
Also there is JupSat95: http://indigo.ie/~gnugent/JupSat95/
Have fun,
Gene Lucas
(17250)
Paul Lind wrote:
> AJ,
> I didn't see any images of that conjunction. But, I'm very poorly informed,
> or what they call "not well read". This comes from spending too much time
> out in the workshop making metal chips. When I observe, I blunder into
> these events, which makes them even more enjoyable.
>
> Does anyone know how to get very accurate positional information on
> Jupiter's and Saturn's moons? My program, TheSky6, does not seem to show
> the disk sizes of the moons, and in fact, the moons disappear when I zoom in
> to the 30 arcsecond screen-size setting.
> -Paul
>
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