Something Special At July 13th 3:00am Eastern Time Zone

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The weather forecast is looking good. I am really going to enjoy this with my quick setup 120mm f/8 Meade LX70 refractor. Left click the image.
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Hope it stays clear for you!
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Say hello to Jupiter for me! :) I would turn into a pumpkin before the event starts, or would when I tried to do the things I have to tomorrow. I am looking forward to some transits when Jupiter pulls around a few more hours.

I do envy you your LX 70 refractor. I have the 8 inch reflector and the 6 inch Mak. I had a shot at the refractor for a very low price, but was in my "not buying another scope" phases. I picked up the LX 85 six inch reflector OTA, but am not really interested in the shorter focal length refractor. That f/8 is what catches my eye.

Have a good time! :observer:
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Mission accomplished. Observed the Moon Callisto transit and four of Jupiter's cloud belts. Saturn showed one belt and the Cassini Division. Both at 142.8 magnification. My next Moon transit observation will be Ganymede and it's shadow on the 25th of this month. Left click the image.
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Great catch RD

I have added the Ganymede transit and shadow transit on the 25th to the Forum Portal Calendar for a reminder so we can all join in! And linked it to the S&T Jupiter's moons tool.

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Hope to be able to tune into the transit on the 25th. Nice work.
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thx for the tip .
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