[AZ-Observing] Serendipity
- From: "Paul Lind" <pulind@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 22:31:31 -0700
Observing from my driveway tonight I saw something that was unexpected and
really cool. At about 9:20 local time one of Jupiter's moons (later found to be
Io) was getting close to the planet's disk. I decided to wait a few minutes
and watch it disappear. Instead, it moved right in front of a cloud band and
continued to transit Jupiter. The little white disk was visible for over half
an hour. Isn't it great to observe this sort of thing by accident?
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