We watch our moon every day, however imagine a scenario in which we get to see one of Jupiter’s moons, ‘Europa’, later this week. Because of a peculiarity of divine game plans, skywatchers in Africa will actually want to see a star flicker out of view in the not so distant future.
On June 19, skywatchers all over southern Africa will see Jupiter ascend into the eastern sky before day break, going to follow Saturn and the moon, with Mars not a long ways behind. At 5:00 a.m. neighborhood time in Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe 0300 GMT (8:30 am IST), Jupiter will arise to have every one of the four ‘Galilean’ moons noticeable (Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, and Io), according to space.com
Europa is supposed to pass before that star at precisely 03:05:57 UTC (8:35 am IST), yet neighborhood times will change contingent upon longitude, so get to the telescope ahead of schedule to be protected; don’t pass up the moon since you’re apathetic. Such occasions are interesting.
Just during the occultation do you see every one of the four moons (one in silhouette), as the star disappears, leaving just three places of light flanking Jupiter. At the point when one article is clouded by some other as seen from Earth, this is alluded to as an occultation. An all out sun oriented obscure, for instance, is a sort of occultation.
“What tends to make the awaited occultation of Europa unique is that this moon will be in Jupiter’s shadow at the time,” officials said in a statement.
On the off chance that you’re perfectly positioned, you could possibly witness this occasion with a little telescope.