Io transiting Jupiter tonight

[IB20]

That was pretty spectacular. Wasn’t really sure how Io would appear as SkySafari just shows it appearing out of thin air. 

I could detect it dimly but from first sight to full bright appearance seemed to last seconds. Been a real treat tonight, made up for last night’s disappointment!
 

[John]

Sounds like a good one tonight !

I'm having an evening off (of astronomy) after a late one last night so hope those out there tonight have fun

 

Edited September 21, 2021 by John

[stuy]

Good seeing tonight lovely oval BA , lots of structure in the EZ, also the  SEB starting to look a lot stronger transparency good ,seeing 6/7 out 10 sometimes 8 the view in the binoviewer at 320x stunning  the big maknewt is rocking tonight 

Edited September 21, 2021 by stuy

[IB20]

Just catching the end of a Europa transit and trailing GRS. Couldn’t differentiate between moon shadow and GRS in the 80mm but the extra aperture in the 8” dob was showing it nicely, quite a difficult observation when the shadow is close the planetary edge. Three large banks of cloud have drifted over now which is annoying! 

Will keep the scopes out until Ganymede occultation about 10:15ish.
 

[JeremyS]

4 minutes ago, IB20 said:

Just catching the end of a Europa transit and trailing GRS. Couldn’t differentiate between moon shadow and GRS in the 80mm but the extra aperture in the 8” dob was showing it nicely, quite a difficult observation when the shadow is close the planetary edge. Three large banks of cloud have drifted over now which is annoying! 

Will keep the scopes out until Ganymede occultation about 10:15ish.
 

I’ve also been enjoying Europa shadow transit playing tag team with the GRS this evening 

Seeing is coming and going

[IB20]

2 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

I’ve also been enjoying Europa shadow transit playing tag team with the GRS this evening 

Seeing is coming and going

Yep, the seeing isn’t there to push the mag tonight but there are moments it settles down. Bagged 5 Saturnian moons again, Tethys appearing really close to the top of Saturn. Marvellous. 😃

[Stu]

Sounds good all. Anyone catch the three moons in a vertical line a little earlier?

[JeremyS]

5 minutes ago, Stu said:

Sounds good all. Anyone catch the three moons in a vertical line a little earlier?

Now you tell us Stu! 😳

🤣

[Stu]

1 minute ago, JeremyS said:

Now you tell us Stu! 😳

🤣

SORRY! I only noticed when I checked SkySafari having read this thread!

[Deadlake]

Cloud cover for the next week… 😩

[JeremyS]

Just now, Stu said:

SORRY! I only noticed when I checked SkySafari having read this thread!

Tbh is wasn’t paying much attention to the moons as I was testing bino vs cyclops viewing on the planet itself as I mentioned on the bino thread

[Stardaze]

Missed that alignment too but enjoyed watching the GRS and Europa shadow transit. It’s a little choppy out there but seems better than last night. 

[IB20]

19 minutes ago, Stu said:

Sounds good all. Anyone catch the three moons in a vertical line a little earlier?

I saw two, I’ve just checked SS and mine doesn’t show the middle object? What is that?

[John]

Good seeing tonight though, isn't it ?

[Kon]

I had to miss out tonight due to work commitments. Nice reading the reports.

[JeremyS]

12 minutes ago, John said:

Good seeing tonight though, isn't it ?

Coming and going here, John. I’ll take that compared with some of the atrocious seeing we’ve had much of lately 

[jock1958]

Missed the triple show that Stu was on about but shadow transit and some nice detail in the NEB compensated for things when the wobbly seeing improved, back in now as it’s all clouded out! 

[IB20]

Have just stumbled upon the most beautiful coloured star I’ve ever seen, Wz Cass. I was trying to locate the old nova which seems to have taken a dive downwards!

[Stardaze]

Seeing was a bit hit and miss last night here, but I did finally remember to drop in on Iota Cas as recommended by @John

Edited September 24, 2021 by Stardaze

[lunator]

13 hours ago, Stu said:

Sounds good all. Anyone catch the three moons in a vertical line a little earlier?

Hi Stu

I was watching the Moons last night and saw Europa and Ganymede belt past each other. It was interesting to watch the motion as the way their relative position changed in minutes was quite an eye opener.

Io was on the other side of Jupiter and Callisto was a lot further out. 

Cheers

Ian

[IB20]

3” frac out in hazy conditions with iffy seeing but am just able to make out Io’s shadow appearing on the planetary disc. 👍🏻