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Moon and Jupiter...

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Chacha

Retired SOH Administrator
Hey if you are still up, look at the sky above
and you will see the moon and Jupiter...
It is a refreshing sight on a hectic, Monday!
I wish I could stay out all night and enjoy this sight...

Have a great "Starry Night" everyone!
 
Here's something good to know. If you have really good vision, or a cheap pair of binoculars, you can look at Jupiter and usually see a tiny pinpoint or two of light on its edge. Those are some of its moons. There are three that are visible from Earth by the keen, sharp eye.

Did you know (also) that if you could take a picture of Jupiter in a time lapse camera shot with auto quidence tracking, that you could see the stripes of Jupiter (on the developed film) but because of the distance, it appears white as the light has travelled so far, etc, etc...

Mars, being closer, casts a red appearence which you can see with your regular eye vision.



Bill
 
When we were down in Florida last month Jupiter was visable then also. That is, if the app on my wife's iPhone was correct. Also saw 8 shooting stars in our first night there.
 
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