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Old 28-07-2006, 12:09 AM
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July 27 - Jupiter/GRS transit/ Io and Europa transit and egress

Here's 3 from earlier tonight.

The first and clearly superior image is from around 8.40pm when the transparency was at its best.

The second 2 were taken through thin cloud, hence the change in appearance.

Seeing seemed pretty good to begin with (I'd say maybe 6/10) but likewise dropped away as time went by (3/10).

If you look closely at Pic 2... upper right of the planet's disc, you'll see Europa captured crossing Jupiter's face.

Europa's shadow transit it just visible in pic 3 at the planet's left.

A very enjoyable evening though and some very promising signs for next Jupiter season
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