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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Dual Shadow Transit of Europa and Ganymede on Oct. 30/31

An unusual double transit of Jupiter's moons, Europa and Ganymede, will occur on the night of Oct. 30/31, starting at 00:15 UT. (Sunday, Oct. 31, 2:15am, IST) The black shadow of both Europa and Ganymede will be visible on the planet at the same time, while Europa itself will also be visible as a bright dot transiting the disk of the planet.


This will occur on Sunday morning, October 31 at 2:15AM, Israel Standard Time (IST). We hope to be out observing. Come on down and join us!

Predicted times for transits: http://www.curtrenz.com/1680f.html

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