[AZ-Observing] Re: Serendipity
- From: ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 07:53:46 -0700 (MST)
Hi Paul-
Observed a similar thing in reverse at the GCSP a couple months ago. Io
was transiting - was mostly watching the shadow transit, disk was not
visible. But as it aproached the edge, the limb darkening caused by
Jupiter's atmosphere suddenly made the disk of Io noticeable and we all
saw it before it hit the edge. Also very cool!
-Dean
> 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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