Image and info courtesy of NASAs spaceweather: FASCINATING - TopicsExpress



          

Image and info courtesy of NASAs spaceweather: FASCINATING PHENOMENA OF JUPITERS MOONS: On Jan. 5th, Earth passed directly between the sun and Jupiter. Astronomers call this an opposition because the sun and Jupiter were on opposite sides of the sky. Jupiters opposition is always an opportunity for beautiful pictures of moons transiting Jupiter, sometimes directly in front of their own shadows, says John H. Rogers, Jupiter Section Director of the British Astronomical Association. Observers have produced some fine examples from the opposition earlier this month. Some of the best are collected here: Transits around opposition are beautiful, but something even more rare and special is coming this fall. In autumn, Jupiters moons will begin a series of mutual eclipses and occultations, Rogers says. The satellites will criss-cross in the sky, dipping in and out of one anothers shadows. Predictions by Jean Meeus have been posted by the British Astronomical Association Computing Section at these URLs. The last time these mutual events occurred, in 2009, observers were able to produce the first high-resolution movies of moons eclipsing moons. No doubt some of you will be able to do even better this time around. spaceweather/
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:22:42 +0000

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