One night in a January, when I still had my Meade LX-200 10" SCT, I observed both a Great Red Spot crossing and a triple-moon transit across the face of Jupiter. When the show was over, I tried to stand up, and realized that my feet were so cold that I would have fallen over if I had succeeded. The "seeing" was so good and the interplay of moons, shadows and the GRS was so amazing that hours passed without me realizing it.
On today's Astronomy Picture of the Day, the Hubble Space Telescope images a recent triple-moon transit across the face of Jupiter. With coloration and details on the moons! Wow!
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