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[Dave Mitsky]

Io's shadow will begin to transit Jupiter at 0:52 UT (7:52 p.m. EST).

Sunday, February 2, 2025

00:52 UT, Io's shadow begins to cross Jupiter.
01:54 UT, Io ends transit of Jupiter.
03:06 UT, Io's shadow leaves Jupiter's disk.

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Edited by Dave Mitsky, 01 February 2025 - 07:54 PM.

[Barlowbill]

Thanks for the heads up.  Unfortunately, it ain't gonna work in T-town.  Our sunny day turned into a cloudy night.  I was prepared to watch an ISS "conjunction" with Saturn in about 7 minutes but I can barely see the crescent moon through the cloud cover.  Dang it!

[Barlowbill]

Cleared off now.  I can clearly see Luna and Venus.  Can't see Saturn.  All are dipping close to across the street neighbor's house.  Dang it again.

[12BH7]

Just caught it as well as Europa's occultation. Wasn't expecting it as I was out doing lunar tonight

[Josephus Miller]

I caught it by happy accident. It was unusually still here, and I was even able to capture it afocally through the EP of my C8, which I usually can’t do:

Edited by Josephus Miller, 01 February 2025 - 11:37 PM.

[Dave Mitsky]

I observed the transit using the Naylor Observatory's 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain at 216 x (2" 30mm Explore Scientific 70-degree eyepiece).

[Spikey131]

Thanks, Dave.

 

I was able to watch most of it.  It was quite a show.