Hi Jay! Congratulations on seeing the spot. Well done. But now I'm confused. If I'm reading Kurt's data correctly it does not show that a spot transit was to have been visible tonight (the 22nd UT). What am I missing (other than missing seeing the spot tonight <g>)? patrick On 22 Jul 2009, at 03:33, JayLEads wrote:
On 2009-07-22 03:09, Canopus56 wrote:
Repost per discussion at tonight's club meeting. These are
predicted transit times for the Jupiter comet impact hole in the Jovian atmosphere:
WinJUPOS 8.0.4 (Jupiter), C.M. transit times, 2009/07/20 14:34 Object longitude: L2 = 216.0° + 0.0000°/d * (T - 2009 Jul 19.5) Time interval: 2009 Jul 20.0 ... 2009 Jul 31.0 Only if celestial body is visible Geographic longitude and latitude: -111 00, +42 00 Output format: Date UT (C.M. of System 2, Altitude)
2009 Jul 20 11:56 ( 216°, 24°) 2009 Jul 21 07:47 ( 216°, 30°) 2009 Jul 23 09:25 ( 216°, 34°) 2009 Jul 24 05:16 ( 216°, 13°) 2009 Jul 25 11:03 ( 216°, 27°) 2009 Jul 26 06:54 ( 216°, 27°) 2009 Jul 28 08:32 ( 216°, 33°) 2009 Jul 29 04:23 ( 216°, 8°) 2009 Jul 30 10:10 ( 216°, 30°)
Amateur discovery image Anthony Wesley, Australia, 7-19-2009 http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/jupiter/20090719-155537/large.jpg