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  • Stargazing News - December 23rd, 2024

    From CJ@21:2/156 to All on Sunday, December 22, 2024 07:12:49
    Monday December 23, 2024

    Two Shadows and the Red Spot Cross Jupiter

    From time to time, observers with good quality telescopes can watch the small, round, black shadows of the Galilean moons traverse Jupiter's disk. On Monday morning, December 23, sky-watchers located in the Americas can watch two of
    the shadows and the Great Red Spot crossing the southern hemisphere of Jupiter together for about an hour. At 2:48 a.m. Eastern Time (or 07:48 UT), the red spot and the small shadow of Io will join the much larger shadow of Ganymede, which began its own crossing of the planet's south polar zone 70 minutes earlier. Ganymede's shadow will leave Jupiter at 3:48 a.m. EST (or 08:48 UT), leaving Io's shadow and the spot to continue on alone until 4:58 a.m. EST (09:58 UT). Watch for Io itself to move off of Jupiter's disk by 4:35 a.m. EST (09:35 UT).

    (Data courtesy of Starry Night
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