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Jupiter and background stars

Started by wisemanrs, 07/11/2006 07:23PM
Posted 07/11/2006 07:23PM Opening Post
All,

Have you noticed the dance Jupiter and his moons have been performing around about three background stars this past few weeks?

There is one bright star with a dimmer star a few arc-minutes south and another well southwest of the vertically aligned pair.

Jupiter passed the bright star moving west, and is now moving back 'beneath' the bright star after quadrature. There have been some neat patterns with the moons and the stars.

Rick

8" Zhumell Dob
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Posted 07/11/2006 09:03PM #1
Hi Rick,
Yes I did notice the back ground stars. Makes for a neat effect when watching over time. I plan on going out tomorrow night for another round of Telescope Pointing Analysis System tests and I will look again. smile

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