[AZ-Observing] Re: Jupiter With Only One Moon Visible Tuesday Night
- From: "Spencer, Darrell" <DSpencer@xxxxxxx>
- To: "az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:20:19 +0000
As did I (re: the white on white reference).
I just barely caught the "event" with a 1956 vintage old 3" achromat before my
horizon obscured it. With that aperture and the low elevation, I was just
happy to catch the near absence of moons.
Darrell Spencer
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Jupiter With Only One Moon Visible Tuesday Night
Tom, while I didn't get to see the event I did appreciate the subtle Counting
Crows reference.
Pete
On Mar 26, 2013, at 7:20 PM, Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Picked up Jupiter with Callisto only, well away from the disc, about 15
> minutes after sunset. Ten minutes later, Ganymede slowly emerged from behind
> the north half of the disc.
>
> I still can't see Europa in front of the planet. No one notices the contrast
> of white on white. The shadow event for Europa will begin in 20 minutes,
> just as Europa gets ready to depart from in front of Jupiter. We should be
> able to see Europa then, thanks to contrast against the darker limb.
>
> Tom
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