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Jupiter 5-29-06
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Photos made with 8" Meade LX90, 2.5x Powermate, Toucam Pro Webcam.  Taken night of May 29-30, 2006 with unusually good seeing at Cherry Springs State Park in Pennsylvania.  Predictions indicated Io transit starting at 11:56 PM, GRS crossing central meridian at 11:58 PM, and Io shadow transit starting at 12:31 PM.

View before Io Transit
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note GRS at lower left

11:03 PM to 12:12 AM (03:03 - 04:12 UT)
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Io begins its transit of Jupiter

12:34 AM to 12:46 AM (04:34 - 04:46 UT)
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Io's Shadow begins its transit.

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