2009-08-20

Jovian transit by Ganymede & Europa, Io occulted

Here are my images from last night via Mt Tiede in the Canarys. Last night saw the Transit of Jupiter By Ganymede & Europa and the occultation of Io, Here is the sequence of Events and images.....

2009. 08.19 19:10:02 You can clearly see Ganymede's disk and its shadow above the GRS


19:55:27 You can see Europa as a white spot on the left edge of the disk



20:13:58 Ganymede & Europe Transiting and Io about to be occulted



21:24:44 Ganymede and Europa in transit, Io occulted



21:45:26
( i know the image got flipped )

21:59:34



22:09:52 I was Tweeting the Images and got this ksastro @NickE070812 Do you mind if we post your pics on AstroTwitter? http://astrotwitter.wordpress.com/ with proper credits of course!( Made sure Slooh gets credited too! since i did use their equipment for these images)

22:31:05



and Europa on the edge of the disk,





All times here are in EDT....

Last night was fun and we are looking forward to many more night like this !

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