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Originally Posted by Solanum
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A little later I span the scope round to have a look at Jupiter and I was just in time to watch Ganymede move clear of the limb, with it's shadow still over the planet, with Io transiting on the other side! I've only seen a moon transit once before so this blew me away! [snip]
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Saturday night we had a Star Squared Party at our place (my wife and I go dancing at "Star Studios" in Bentleigh and had about 20 friends around for a party with the scope out for anyone interested in looking, hence the "squared"). I didn't know what was happening on the night and was just glad of the clear night. The first target for the night was also Jupiter. At first I saw a moon right on the limb and then noticed a black dot in one of the belts. During the night about a dozen people came out in to the cold to have a look and every one of them was really surprised at seeing the transit! Mot reckoned it was "amazing". It was also a first for me too, I have never seen one myself. My first "big thing" was the ocultation of Jupiter a few years ago, only a couple of weeks after I actually bought the scope.
