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Old 03-04-2016, 08:33 AM
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Jupiter's Galilean moons close dance tonight, 3rd-4th April

Anyone up for a challenge? All four of Jupiter's Moons will dance close to the planet tonight from late evening and through the night. The Red Spot will be transiting through the events too. There's transits and shadows of Io and Callisto, and occultations of Europa and Ganymede.

It would be amazing to see some of the top class imagers here get a detailed scene of this event, with all moons in a high resolution view. The challenge would be a timelapse of the night!

The forecast for Sydney is cloudy, so I don't think I'll get a chance to take in the view, good luck to everyone else

Starry night and CalSky graphics below, CalSky times are AEST
Frame 1 - 22:37
Frame 3 - 23:37 (Io shadow ingress)
Frame 4 - 01:37
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