[AZ-Observing] Re: Io eclipses Europa at 9:41
- From: Mark Wainright <mwainright@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:25:06 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Tom,
I would say I saw blobs in the minutes leading up to the occultation, but as
the occultation began the seeing improved. During the occultation I could see
the elongated blob slim down to a single round disk. Then the disk
re-elongated. About 8 minutes after the occultation ended I could clearly see
separation and the moons were showing as disks most of the time. I'm using a
4" Mak at 160x. I'm over here in Chandler.
Mark
--- On Tue, 9/22/09, Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Io eclipses Europa at 9:41
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 10:06 PM
> Io just finished occulting Europa, and it was interesting to watch the disks
> merge and separate.
You saw discs?!? The seeing over my back yard is as bad as it has been since
before the monsoon. My scope is showing giant blobs for moons, and no more
than two vague stripes on Jupiter.
Speaking of the monsoon, can we safely say it's over? The current dewpoint in
Phoenix is 14F.
Tom
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