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Old March 12th 04, 06:52 AM
Szaki
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Double shadow on Jupiter tonight, Io and Europa, plus the red spot. Showing from 1:30 AM to 2:00AM SPT.

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Old March 12th 04, 11:19 AM
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Absolutely spectacular! I watched it in my NexStar 9.25, and seeing was
outstanding. I could easily seen Europa's shadow, but I kept watching
something along the equatorial belt which turned out to be Europa itself. I
have never seen the shadow of a moon so close to the moon itself. When Io
came onto the disk, I could track it more easily than Europa, but when Io's
shadow came on, it reminded me of a scene from the movie "2010", where the big
black spot comes around. Boy, was that an impressive shadow! What was also
fun was seeing detail in and around the Red spot in 'transit" itself. That
SCT is still amazing me. Clear skies to you.
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Old March 12th 04, 03:02 PM
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"David Knisely" wrote in message
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Absolutely spectacular! I watched it in my NexStar 9.25, and seeing was
outstanding. I could easily seen Europa's shadow, but I kept watching
something along the equatorial belt which turned out to be Europa itself.

I
have never seen the shadow of a moon so close to the moon itself. When Io
came onto the disk, I could track it more easily than Europa, but when

Io's
shadow came on, it reminded me of a scene from the movie "2010", where the

big
black spot comes around. Boy, was that an impressive shadow! What was

also
fun was seeing detail in and around the Red spot in 'transit" itself.

That
SCT is still amazing me. Clear skies to you.


I am envious. My scope has this neat feature that creates clouds out of a
clear sky in under 10 minutes. So when I saw Jupiter last night, nothing was
near transit yet. Of course when I stumbled to bed from the couch at
2am...the skies were clear agin. Damn.

BV,



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Old March 12th 04, 09:42 PM
Kilolani
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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I am envious. My scope has this neat feature that creates clouds out of a
clear sky in under 10 minutes. So when I saw Jupiter last night, nothing

was
near transit yet. Of course when I stumbled to bed from the couch at
2am...the skies were clear agin. Damn.


Hey, I have that feature too! But I've been told that I can take comfort in
the fact that it's found only on the finest scopes. I understand that you
can activate the feature much more easily if you purchase an obscenely
expensive eyepiece. So I tried it, and damned if it didn't work! *sigh*


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Old March 15th 04, 03:41 PM
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"Kilolani" wrote in message
hlink.net...
"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
...

I am envious. My scope has this neat feature that creates clouds out of

a
clear sky in under 10 minutes. So when I saw Jupiter last night, nothing

was
near transit yet. Of course when I stumbled to bed from the couch at
2am...the skies were clear agin. Damn.


Hey, I have that feature too! But I've been told that I can take comfort

in
the fact that it's found only on the finest scopes. I understand that you
can activate the feature much more easily if you purchase an obscenely
expensive eyepiece. So I tried it, and damned if it didn't work! *sigh*


Yup...and barlows as well.

BV.


 




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