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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01CA2C18.AC3DF7E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the info Sherman, Lelia and I were wondering what that bright = object was....now we know. Andy & Lelia Dean 86 Baden Powell Drive Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5 Tel: [902] 678-6243 aadean@ns.sympatico.ca ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Sherman Williams=20 To: Naturens ; BLOMIDON NATURALIST LIST=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 07:44 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Moon and Jupiter without its 4 Galilean moons = TONIGHT! Nice sequence of clear nights we're enjoying. Tonight when the sky = is growing dark look to the southeastward. You'll see the nearly Full = Moon with a bright star-like object beside it. That's Jupiter. As a further point of interest, all 4 of Jupiter's Galilean moons = disappear from view at about 1:47 a.m. ADT. I realize that this is a = bit far into the night for some, however, it is a rare event. Here is = a neat animation which illustrates the event; the times are in Universal = Time (Greenwich Mean Time is about the same thing). ( http://shadowandsubstance.com/ ) Those with a small telescope can watch the event unfold, or at least = see the moons move in toward Jupiter's disk. At 9:00 p.m. Callisto is = already behind Jupiter, with Europa and Ganymede to the east of Jupiter = and Io ( I-O ) is on the west. At about 10 p.m Europa overtakes = Ganymede and moves in line in front of Jupiter's disk about 1:00 a.m. = Io also will have moved behind Jupiter at 12:44 a.m. Ganymede will be = last, at 1:47. With a large telescope Europa, Ganymede and their = shadows could be observed crossing the front of Jupiter's disk. To the = small telescope, though, all four moons will be out of sight: it is a = rare occasion when this happens. =20 Just before 3:30 a.m. Io re-emerges from behind Jupiter and its = shadow. Again, I suggest having a look at the animation. Sherman ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01CA2C18.AC3DF7E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18812"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Thanks for the info Sherman, Lelia and = I were=20 wondering what that bright object was....now we know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Andy & Lelia Dean<BR>86 Baden = Powell=20 Drive<BR>Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5<BR>Tel: [902] = 678-6243</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><A=20 href=3D"mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca">aadean@ns.sympatico.ca</A></FONT><= /DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsherm@glinx.com href=3D"mailto:sherm@glinx.com">Sherman = Williams</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">Naturens</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dnature@blomidonnaturalists.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">BLOMIDON NATURALIST = LIST</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 02, = 2009 07:44=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Moon and = Jupiter=20 without its 4 Galilean moons TONIGHT!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Nice sequence of clear nights we're enjoying. =20 Tonight when the sky is growing dark look to the southeastward.=20 You'll see the nearly Full Moon with a bright star-like object = beside=20 it. That's Jupiter. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>As a further point of interest, all 4 of Jupiter's Galilean = moons=20 disappear from view at about 1:47 a.m. ADT. I realize that this = is a=20 bit far into the night for some, however, it is a rare event. = =20 Here is a neat animation which illustrates the event; the times = are in=20 Universal Time (Greenwich Mean Time is about the same thing).</DIV> <DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>( <A=20 = href=3D"http://shadowandsubstance.com/">http://shadowandsubstance.com/</A= > )</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></DIV> <DIV>Those with a small telescope can watch the event unfold, or at = least see=20 the moons move in toward Jupiter's disk. At 9:00 p.m. Callisto = is=20 already behind Jupiter, with Europa and Ganymede to the east of = Jupiter and Io=20 ( I-O ) is on the west. At about 10 p.m Europa overtakes = Ganymede and=20 moves in line in front of Jupiter's disk about 1:00 a.m. Io also = will=20 have moved behind Jupiter at 12:44 a.m. Ganymede will be last, at = 1:47.=20 With a large telescope Europa, Ganymede and their shadows = could be=20 observed crossing the front of Jupiter's disk. To the small = telescope,=20 though, all four moons will be out of sight: it is a rare = occasion when=20 this happens. </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Just before 3:30 a.m. Io re-emerges from behind Jupiter and its = shadow.=20 Again, I suggest having a look at the animation.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Sherman</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01CA2C18.AC3DF7E0--
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