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
Following Jay's success I'm going to try spotting the spot with the SPOC refractor tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. Both Kurt and Sky & Telescope are indicating the spot will cross Jupiter's meridian a bit after 0900 UT (0300 MDT). Happily that's about the same time Jupiter will be passing through Earth's meridian so it'll be about as high in our sky as it's going to get. I plan on getting over there about an hour before that. Anyone care to join me? patrick
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