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[katodog]

Last night at my cousin's house with his scope and my camera produced some awesome shots of Jupiter and it's moon, Io. As you can see, Io's shadow is visible on Jupiter. These two pictures were 1199 and 766 frames, respectively.

If I remeber correctly (I'll have to write this stuff down next time) it was a 32mm eyepiece and the camera was zoomed in.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Kdog,

I was out last night with Chicago Astronomer Steve watching the same action of the transit as you were. I didn't know of the event, but saw the shadow on Jupiter early on and pointed it out to the public. Steve then yelled out with excitement that Io was leaving the face and poking past the limb! I slewed to it from Saturn, and it was very very cool!... ;D The movement of Io was surprisenly fast, and I never observed a third & fourth contact event of a Jupiter satellite transit.

I wish I had been prepared in advance the dance of the Jovian satellites, (plenty of programs out there to track them), but I think I will in the future.

Those are extraordinary shots of the event and such great detail.

Thanks for sharing!...

[curare]

Great shots! I too was observing Jupiter last night, but did not notice the transit. Maybe had I known enough to be looking for it...