[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

Hi all,

For those not aware Jupiter has a number of transits going on tonight which should be of interest to both visual observers and imagers, notwithstanding the seeing may not be conducive to high quality images at this time of night.

* The GRS commences it's transit at 3:05pm EST.

* Europa Commences its transit at 3:55pm EST.

* Io commences its transit at 5.45pm EST

* Europa's transit concludes at 6:25pm at which time its shadow transit commences.

* The GRS transit concludes at 6:55pm

* Io's shadow transit commences at 6:57pm

* From 6:57pm until 7:50pm you will have Io and the shadow of Europa and Io visible against Jupiters disc. Io's transit concludes at 7:50pm

* Europa's shadow transit concludes at 8:50pm and Io's shadow transit concludes at 9:00pm which will bring the show to an end.

I am not sure of the transit times for Red Spot Jnr but it will also be visible during this time.

A rare transit feast which you should try to observe, circumstances and weather permitting.

CS-John B