Saw my First Jupiter moon shadow

[Rod66]

I recently acquired an Orion Stratus 13mm (wideview) lens and have been playing non stop with it. I had some great viewing last Saturday combined with a 2x barlow. I got up this morning at around 5.30am and found my good friend Jupiter just hanging there waving at me so I took a look and lo and behold, there was a little dark spot on the surface. Funnily enough I could see the moon still separate from Jupiter but it was obvious it was the moon shadow. Sorry to all you experienced wise heads out there but I was pretty excited seeing it for the first time in my setup. Now to look for the new scar...

[erick]

Next step - a double shadow transit! Great!

[NeilW]

I saw this for the first time myself back in March this year, and was equally excited by it. Just a stunning sight!

[renormalised]

Good one, keep looking:D:D

[DavidU]

what size scope Rod??

[Rod66]

Its a Skywatcher 8inch and it was from my back yard in suburbian Brisbane.

1200mm focal length with 2x barlow and 13mm lens gives me about 184x magnification if I'm not mistaken..

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: good on ya Rod i bet that put a big smile on ya face :D

[stephenb]

Well done Rod :thumbsup::thumbsup: May I recommend you download this little gem, Jupiter 2 at http://www.astrosurf.com/rondi/jupiter/

It is a visual simulator of Jupiter and it's Galilean Moons. Here is a screen shot from 5:45am this morning. Probably exactly what you saw?

[Jen]

:D Hey i didnt know about this handy little program thanks Stephen i might have to download that too :thumbsup::thumbsup:
:thanks:

[Blackant]

Thanks for that Stephen, what a great little program :)

Kind regards

Ant

[barx1963]

Well done Rod! Just got back in from a quick look with the 12". Bagged ol' Jove with the 9mm EP and popped in a neutral density filter I have just got to try and reduce the glare a little, and lo and behold, a little black spot right in the middle of the southern band! Checked a couple of charts and I think it was a transit of Callisto.
Very excited as it was my first Jovian transit!
Malcolm

[Rod66]

Hey thats cool Malcolm - now we can join the exclusive club of jovian moon transit viewers. *high fives*

I'm getting ready for my double moon transit merit badge now. :D