I saw it too! Certainly made my evening...
>> Michelle wrote: Seeing is good.
>>Transparency excellent. The planets tonight were stunning.
>
>Did you happen to catch the Ganymede transit tonight on Jupiter? I
>had the 7 inch Starmaster Oak Classic in the backyard near Stanford,
>and we had some of the steadiest seeing I have seen locally in
>weeks. Ganymede was obviously dark against the surface of Jupiter
>when near the middle of the planet around 9:15 pm , but then got
>hard to see as it approached the limb, and finally turned to a
>whitish dot superimposed on the limb of Jupiter just before emerging
>from the planet around 10:30 pm. A great example of limb darkening
>on Jupiter! (Io and Europa are normally harder to see when in the
>middle of the planet than at the edge. Ganymede has a darker
>surface and showed the opposite pattern). The GRS was perfectly
>placed near the meridian during much of the transit, behind
>Ganymede itself, but preceding Ganymede's shadow. The shadow was
>bigger, darker, and sharper edged than the moon itself, and the two
>dark spots made a great set of brackets for the pinkish GRS. Just
>after Ganymede emerged from Jupiter, it made a beautiful tight
>double star with Callisto. Minutes later, Callisto went into
>eclipse behind Jjupiter, as Ganymede was moving further away.
>Humidity was high but the views were often rock steady for minutes
>at a time. Hope the good viewing continues into the weekend both
>at Plettstone and at sites in the Bay Area.
>
>David Kingsley