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18 years 6 months ago #29060 by ftodonoghue
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Hi all

This astronomy lark gets more addictive every time I get out under the stars. Tonight I saw my first transit of Io on Jupiter. Watching it slip accross the planet and seeing it for about 10 minutes before it got lost in the glare was pretty neat. As if that was not enough, the shadow arrived about 25 minutes after the moon disappeared. 8)

Throw in some moments of excellent clarity and it made for an excellent couple of hours

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Trevor

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18 years 6 months ago #29063 by voyager
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I wish I had a telescope with the power to see that :(

All I could tell this evening was that there was a moon "missing"

Bart.

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18 years 6 months ago #29064 by martinastro
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Sounds like you had a great session..keep them comming, :)

* There is an NLC display here at the moment.

Martin Mc Kenna

coruscations attending the whole length of the luminosity, giving to the phenomena the aspect of a wrathful messenger, and not that of a tranquil body pursuing a harmless course..comet of 1680

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18 years 6 months ago #29065 by dave_lillis
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Hi Trevor,
I'm also in the observatory watching this one, its very interesting that Io is practically invisible on the disk, maybe its colour lends itself more to blending with the background planet colour, the shadow is "very" obvious as a black disk.Its still on at the moment and wont be finished for another 20minutes, the shadow wil be another 35 minutes after that.
and yes, its very addictive. :)

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18 years 6 months ago #29068 by ftodonoghue
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i hopeyou are getting lots of pics dave

Cant say i spotted any obvious nlc's here

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Trevor

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18 years 6 months ago #29071 by dave_lillis
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I'm giving it a good run for its money at the moment, its great to see activity on the boards regarding a real live happening event :)

Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)

Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
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