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Anyone view Jupiter last night (8/1/06)? If so did you notice a small dark
oval moving along the north equitorial band from 22:00 CDT (03:00 GMT) to 23:00 CDT? It initially looked like a shadow of a moon but my software indicates that there was no shadow at the time, and the dark oval seemed to be flattened, rather than round. North-south it seemed to be about the same size as a moon shadow but was about twice as wide on the East West axis. Here is my observing report: "C10 NGT at 200X. N&S Eq bands evident. Swirling in Eq zone. 22:08: observed small black blotch on southern edge of N Eq band. Initially thought it might be a moon shadow, but no shadowing at that time. Blotch was a flattened oval about 5 deg. E of meridian. Reobserved at 22:49L. Blotch still evident on S. edge of N. Eq band, this time abut 20 deg from W limb. Blotch was followed by a larger white oval which seemed to touch black blotch and extend to the meridian, i.e. trailing edge of white oval was on the meridian and leading edge W. of meridian, touching black spotch. White oval looked a bit like Great Red Spot in shape but was about 3/4 it's size. No color on planet noted, so objects mentioned could be colored instead of black and white. 4 Jovian moons evident W/ 20 mm (60X)." Thanks. -John |
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