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Old 09-06-2017, 09:43 PM
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Tinderboxsky (Steve)
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I had a reasonable view of the two moon shadows transiting Jupiter this evening. As you say Europa's shadow is quite small, but it was clearly visible this evening despite the less than perfect seeing. I was only able to view from about 9.20, so missed the two moons' transit exits. Actually, Io and Europa formed a nice close pair this evening and you could see the relative motion between the two over time.
I commented that I thought the seeing was less than perfect. Interestingly, after Jupiter I took a look at Antares. The companion poped out in full view quite easily at 160x. Perhaps the seeing was okay after all.
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