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
