io

[essex sky]

hi,all

a much better night seeing wise

so i thought i would use the tal 100 for a change, as it has not seen much use lately, the better seeing allowing me to use 200x with no breakdown in the image.

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had an excellent view of the start of io's transit and was able to follow the moon on jupiters disc for 11 minutes after the transit had begun, i always notice how much easier it is to see their tiny but

distinct discs against the planet rather the black of the sky.

io appearing as a brilliant white spot.

also observed the sart of the shadow transit.

times

io begins transit 2214L

shadow begins transit 2254L

checked this morning on the s&t site and my times are both 2 mins earlier,

lance

p.s off to norfolk for a few days this afternoon. not taking any telescopes just bins !!