Europa transit

[Astro Imp]

Just come in from watching Europa transit Jupiter. Unfortunately I missed the start but picked it up just over half way through. The seeing wasn't great, lot of damp in the air, so only picked up the actual transit on a couple of occasions but was pleased to see the little moon pop into full view as it left the disc.

This may not be a big deal for a lot of you but this was the first transit I had witnessed and really enjoyed watching.

[brantuk]

First transit I ever saw was venus going over the sun, using binocs and a screen to project onto. It was several years ago now and I still remember how amazing it was - come to think of it, it's the only one I've seen lol.

[Astro Imp]

First transit I ever saw was venus going over the sun, using binocs and a screen to project onto. It was several years ago now and I still remember how amazing it was - come to think of it, it's the only one I've seen lol.

There's another transit of Venus next June and that't the lot for about 120 years, so if we miss that one it's not likely we'll see the next one

[JimFR]

There's another transit of Venus next June and that't the lot for about 120 years, so if we miss that one it's not likely we'll see the next one

Well I watched (part of) it last time, but you KNOW what the 2nd rule of amateur astronomy states, don't you:

if there's some important once-in-a-lifetime "don't miss this" event on, it'll be cloudy.

I missed the Europa transit though - by an hour !