Ganymede transit 4th March, 2018 Contact times [UT] The times below are taken from http://www.skyandtelescope.com/wp-co.../jupiter.html# Saturday, March 3, 2018 01:16 UT, Europa begins transit of Jupiter. 01:20 UT, Europa's shadow leaves Jupiter's disk. 03:36 UT, Europa ends transit of Jupiter. 09:24 UT, Ganymede's shadow begins to cross Jupiter. 11:18 UT, Ganymede's shadow leaves Jupiter's disk. Events in red above the line occur below the horizon in Australia and are not visible. NZ might see the end of Ganymede's shadow transit Observable from Australia and NZ 11:48 UT, JUPITER RISES EAST COAST AUSTRALIA 13:48 UT, JUPITER RISES WEST COAST AUSTRALIA 14:30 UT, Ganymede begins transit of Jupiter. 15:24 UT, Io's shadow begins to cross Jupiter. 15:42 UT, Ganymede ends transit of Jupiter. 16:38 UT, Io begins transit of Jupiter. 17:36 UT, Io's shadow leaves Jupiter's disk. 18:46 UT, Io ends transit of Jupiter. Animation 1 [5MB mp4 file] Animation 2 [HIGHER RES 19MB MP4 FILE] |