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Old March 28th 04, 05:09 PM
Florian
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Default Triple Shadow Transit Tonight

First time i've ever seen shadow transits! I've never been very =
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in planets as seeing is generally very poor where i live. (I'm in the=20
southern Calif desert just east of 10,000 foot mtns.) Last night was=20
windy as well which didn't help. But using my TV76 and the Nagler 3-6mm=20
zoom i could pick out the 3 shadows in moments where the image =
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a bit. I could not see Io nor Ganymede against the planet however. I =
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see myself getting hooked on planetary observing anytime soon but it was =

neat to see such a rare event with my own scope. ;-)

-Florian & stargazing dot com