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Simon-W
16-11-2022, 10:52 PM
I had just set up on Sunday night, and began recording video of Jupiter when I saw the planet disappear from the screen for a split second, and then the seeing became incredibly poor- like watching through boiling water. When I ran my videos through DeTeCt, the program flagged up an event- and then I discovered the cause: a plane had flown right over (under?) the planet. I've never seen that in nearly four decades of Jupiter watching. There also appears to be a shock wave, visible as a straight line passing over Jupiter a few seconds after the plane. The video is here, 24 seconds of it, played back at roughly 1/3 speed. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/thUKXRNHLRs
Simon

Dave882
16-11-2022, 11:03 PM
Never seen that one before! Talk about lucky (maybe unlucky) imaging :lol:

Simon-W
16-11-2022, 11:53 PM
True Dave, I nearly fell off my chair!

Simon

Averton
17-11-2022, 12:02 AM
Remarkable chance of that happening. Great video!

Simon-W
17-11-2022, 12:48 AM
Thanks Clare & Peter - and it certainly was remarkable! Glad it's not more frequent because even Autostakkert can only do so much when the seeing is that bad :-)

rustigsmed
17-11-2022, 09:23 AM
that is awesome - but not really helping the seeing!!

Simon-W
17-11-2022, 06:49 PM
I was definitely more dismayed by the seeing than impressed by the alignment when it happened :)

Averton
18-11-2022, 12:35 AM
:thumbsup:

EpickCrom
18-11-2022, 09:30 AM
That is an remarkable coincidence! Maybe you should now buy a lotto ticket :)

Dave882
18-11-2022, 09:37 AM
I know what you mean. I’ve never captured it on camera but once through the eyepiece a plane flew right through. Almost had a heart attack

Simon-W
19-11-2022, 02:10 AM
I suspect my luck has already run out. It's been cloudy/raining every night since. :question:

Simon-W
19-11-2022, 02:12 AM
I'd imaging it's a much more visceral experience through the eyepiece than on a screen!