Kim Hyatt wrote:
If I've understood my Observer's Handbook, Sunday's triple shadow transit on Jupiter should occur around 1:00 AM MST. Is anyone else planning an observing trip for this event? I'm thinking of SPOC, possibly Skull Valley.
Turns out it's not just a triple shadow. At just past 1:00 Sunday morning in addition to shadows from Ganymede, Io and Callisto, Ganymede and Io themselves will be in transit. 5 satellites and shadows at the same time. Impressive. too bad the GRS won't be joining in... See the S&T piece at http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1223_1.asp . BTW, Siegfried said he'll bring the Clark to SPOC for the event. So between that and the Brandt (complete with bino viewer) we ought to have some pretty good views provided the weather cooperates. Happily, the current forecast ( http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/UTZ003.php?warncounty=UTC045&city=Too... ) indicates it will. Patrick