Which Jupiter moon was transiting this evening?

[bendiddley]

Was looking at jupiter this evening and saw a moon transiting, but it wasn't any of the 4 Galilean moons, does anyone know which one it was? I can't seem to find anywhere that will tell me. Was quite chuffed I have to say to be seeing a moon that wasn't a galilean moon, have never seen one before!

[stevend]

It was Ganymede, one of the Galilean moons.

[NGC 1502]

Ganymede was transiting Jupiter, ended at 19.20 hrs this evening, 25th.

Ganymede's shadow was transiting Jupiter, ended at 21.21 hrs this evening.

Link here for Jupiter satellite events for the whole of 2014 - http://media.skyandtelescope.com/documents/WebJphenTab2014.pdf

It's worth printing that off, hours of telescopic fun 

Regards, Ed.

[mdstuart]

Yes it looked great....I thought seeing was rather steady today which helped.

Mark

[bendiddley]

Ah, the shadow, doh! Should have guessed. It was around 8pm I saw it so that would explain it, thanks.

[itmo]

you can also use stellarium to find out what moon was transiting. for better timing information there is a javascript jupiter tool on sky and telescope's site. 

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/javascript/jupiter#