The Moon, Europa

The Moon, Europa

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Calling all telescopes!

I don't have a telescope so if you do, and you see this event, send pictures!


Space.com has a terrific review of a Jupiter event occurring tomorrow night-ish, depending on where you are in the U.S. or abroad.  Come to think of it, you may not be able to see it everywhere on Earth.  Anyway, the play-by-play, as quoted from Space.com, is as follows:


  • 6:51 p.m. EST/3:51 p.m. PST Io will begin a transit in front of Jupiter’s disk
  • 7:04 p.m. EST/4:04 p.m. PST Ganymede will also begin a transit of Jupiter
  • 7:58 p.m. EST/4:58 p.m. PST Io's shadow will begin to cross Jupiter’s face
  • 9:05 p.m. EST/6:05 p.m. PST Io will end its transit
  • 10:07 p.m. EST/7:07 p.m. PST Ganymede will complete its transit
  • 10:10 p.m. EST/7:10 p.m. PST Io's shadow will end its transit
  • 11:45 p.m. EST/8:45 p.m. PST Ganymede's shadow will begin to transit Jupiter


You may notice that the above really only has to do with 2 of Jupiter's moons and none of those are Europa.  That's because this blog is equal opportunity Jupiter news.  

Much more information can be found at this link.

Also, I will be at the NOLA ComicCon this Saturday, as tweeted and blogged about.  SATURDAY only because it's a long drive.  If you will be there, stop by and say "hi!"

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