2019-10-31-1703-CF-IR widefield moons

I realised that there were two more moons in transit (Europa traversing the NTemp region and Io in front of the NEB). Once I had seen the moons, I realised that their shadows would be following, and true to form, as I sat watching, they came into view. What was rather special, however, was that I was able to confirm that Callisto was undergoing a grazing transit of the North pole- I don't know how common that is. All I can say is that my "serious planetary imager" hat came off pretty quickly and I sat there in awestruck wonder watching the show that Jupiter and its moons were putting on

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