I took out the 8" f/7.5 Newt last night about 7:30 (from my cold basement where I store it) and let it sit outside for over an hour prior to looking. At ~190x (8mm plossl) Jupiter was still "swimming" too much to make out the GRS unfortunately. By 9 the two previously transiting moons were both just off the limb./R From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com>; Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, March 7, 2016 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Jupiter Forgot to mention that there is a double shadow transit in the hours before the GRS transits. On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Good to know, thanks Chuck
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, March 7, 2016 8:44 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Jupiter
The Great Red Spot will cross Jupiter's central meridian at about 9:04 PM tonight, MST.
Jupiter is at opposition tomorrow. _______________________________________________
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