Jupiter - Moon conjunction

[gaa_ian]

This Sat the 26th Mar, is the second occulation of Jupiter by the moon this year. (for some !)
I have planned an observing night up here for the event (a close conjunction for us)
Gives us an excuse to do some observing, even under a full moon :D
Does anyone else plan to observe this event ?

[ballaratdragons]

Definitely, if we have good skies! Thanks Ian. (I thought you would be too far north)

[[1ponders]]

Weather permitting, you bet. Who will post the first pic this time? :D

[iceman]

Where is it visible from this time?

[Exfso]

I was under the impression those in WA would be the only ones to see it properly, might be wrong though.

:astron:

[xstream]

So was I Exfso.
According to 2005 ephemeris the occultation is visible from the south west tip of Australia on the 26th. The rest of Australia the closest approaches are:-
Adelaide 00:20am CST (27th)
Brisbane 01:15am EST (27th)
Canberra 01:20am EST (27th)
Darwin 11:35pm CST (26th)
Hobart 01:25a EST (27th)
Melbourne 01:15am EST (27th)
Sydney 01:25am EST (27th)

Add one hour for daylight savings

[iceman]

From sydney they're not very close together at all, maybe up to 5-10 degrees apart. bummer.

[ving]

oh bugger!!!
well no pics from me!
I might be able to see it in my 30mm SW tho...

[gaa_ian]

Here is what I expect to see from here at 11:30 pm
I think we will have about 1 deg of seperation.
(A chart shot from Cartes Du Ceil)

[gaa_ian]

oops .. came out a bit larger than i expected !

[ving]

no grs at the time?

[gaa_ian]

According to Cartes .. the GRS does not reach the meridian until 2:45 AM.
PS: Its Friday night & is looking good for the Jupiter/Moon conjunction Obs Night tomorrow.
Finally the skies have cleared :cool:

[beren]

No luck for the expected show here in Perth , solid cloud cover from my location , although a follow AWSA member managed to get a good shot ,.... http://members.iinet.net.au/~rog1/astro/gallery/photo/galleryPlanets/230OccultEnter1.jpg

[rumples riot]

Bad Luck Stuart, we had a reasonable show here. Jupiter got to within an 1/8 of the moons diameter and slowly drifted away. High cloud hampered things here, but we still got to see it through my Ed80.