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#1 2004-11-27 16:29:05

Palomar
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Re: Lunar Occultation of Jupiter

*Information hosted at spaceweather.com:

Mark your calendar. On Tuesday, Dec. 7th, about an hour before sunrise, the crescent Moon will eclipse Jupiter. Astronomers call this a "lunar occultation." You can see it if you live in the eastern two-thirds of North America.

http://spaceweatherphone.com/joshua/spa … pt/]Cities & Times Jupiter Disappears then Reappears

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2004/ … th.gif]Sky map 

*If you see it, please post here about it; would enjoy reading observations.  I'll miss out on the event, due to location.  :*(

--Cindy


We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

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#2 2004-11-30 10:09:41

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Re: Lunar Occultation of Jupiter

http://spaceweatherphone.com/joshua/spa … pt/]Cities & Times Jupiter Disappears then Reappears

*That list is only for cities in the U.S. which will see both sides of the occultation -- disappearance *and* reappearance (the fortunate folks). 

Heres]http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/1207jupiter.htm]Here's a MUCH more detailed list which also gives locations and times for people on one side of the event OR the other (my locale will only see Jupiter re-emerge from behind the Moon), and even folks in the "graze zone".

Looks like ol' Jove will reappear from behind Luna at 2:28:29 my time.  sad  I doubt I'll get up 2 hours earlier than normal to see it; getting up at 4:30 a.m. is hard enough.

Good luck to everyone else; I wish I could view the event in its entirety.  Would make an exception for an entire event.  smile

--Cindy


We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

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#3 2004-12-07 10:30:26

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Re: Lunar Occultation of Jupiter

http://www.spaceweather.com/occultation … .htm]Image Gallery!

*Spaceweather.com is hosting photos!  More will be rolling in, hopefully.  Nice!  smile

--Cindy


We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

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#4 2004-12-07 17:11:00

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Re: Lunar Occultation of Jupiter

Wow, that first picture is stunning. Wish the quality was a wee bit better, but still.


Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.

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#5 2004-12-09 08:47:49

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Re: Lunar Occultation of Jupiter

Wow, that first picture is stunning. Wish the quality was a wee bit better, but still.

*Hi Josh:  Yep.  And one shows Jupiter about halfway over the Moon's limb; looks like Luna grew a wart, ha ha.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041209.html]Terrific image from Jimmy Westlake

I've been searching for additional pics; found this one just now.  Includes Ganymede and Callisto.  :up:

--Cindy


We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

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#6 2004-12-09 09:02:23

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Re: Lunar Occultation of Jupiter

Yeah, that picture was on the Space Weather site if I recall correctly, it's really great. But I still like that one with Jupiter's details the most.

Something about moon->planet occulations. Look at my icon, I think the moon presents us with a good visual idea of "space." Normally we look into space and we just see dots. That's all we can really grasp, but when two bodies are contrasted with one another, we can really get an idea of what's going on. "Hmm, Mars is several times the size of the moon... yet it looks like a small ball next to it... wow."


Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.

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#7 2004-12-09 09:10:40

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Re: Lunar Occultation of Jupiter

Yeah, that picture was on the Space Weather site if I recall correctly, it's really great. But I still like that one with Jupiter's details the most.

*Aw geez!  ::slaps forehead::  Yep, it's at the spaceweather.com collection.  {{sigh}}  I hadn't looked back at those pics prior to posting this one.

Sorry, NOT intentional.  Good grief.  sad

And actually I'm surprised more pics didn't roll in to the folks at spaceweather.com.  Have searched various other sites, with no luck. 

Something about moon->planet occulations. Look at my icon, I think the moon presents us with a good visual idea of "space." Normally we look into space and we just see dots. That's all we can really grasp, but when two bodies are contrasted with one another, we can really get an idea of what's going on. "Hmm, Mars is several times the size of the moon... yet it looks like a small ball next to it... wow."

*Yep.  :up:  Interesting perspectives.

--Cindy


We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

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#8 2004-12-10 13:38:09

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Re: Lunar Occultation of Jupiter

*More pics.  They're being hosted by Astronomy magazine.  I checked previous images from spaceweather.com (this time, lol!); these are different.

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.as … 2646]Large pic:  Credited to 3 astroimagers

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http://www.astronomy.com/default.aspx?c … 641]Series of images (very nice) by Don Parker  "Going, going, almost gone" -- apt!  smile

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http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.as … 47]Jupiter very faint in this pic  (I'm like, "Okay...where's Jupiter?  Behind the Moon already??"  Had to turn up monitor brightness and contrast)

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http://www.astronomy.com/default.aspx?c … 2]Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  (Light fog does lend a romantic touch)

--Cindy


We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

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#9 2004-12-11 08:07:59

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Re: Lunar Occultation of Jupiter

http://www.astronomy.com/default.aspx?c … 641]Series of images (very nice) by Don Parker  "Going, going, almost gone" -- apt!  smile

http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article … nimation*~

*If you click on the photo in the link, it'll direct you to a "364 kilobyte animated gif showing the beginning of the Jupiter occultation."  cool  Really nice.

They also quote Mr. Parker as saying:  "The event was so fast-moving that any exposure lengths longer than two seconds blurred the Moon!"

Folks in Africa and southwestern Australia take note:  There'll be another occultation of Jupiter by the Moon -- viewable to you -- just next month:  4 January 2005.  :up:

--Cindy


We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

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