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Old 16-11-2022, 10:52 PM
Simon-W (Simon)
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Plane photobombed Jupiter observing session

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
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