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Old 09-17-2009, 04:34 PM #1
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Default Jupiter - and its moons

Jupiter is very visible in the night sky during the next few weeks. If you look toward the south it will be the brightest object in the sky. And, with a good pair of bionoculars or a small telescope, sever moons are visible! Tonight they should be in a straight horizontal line with Jupiter.

For the next couple days, you should be able to see the 4 "Galilean moons" (so named becuse they were first described by Galileo ) - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They are spectacular!

I only know this, LOL, because a science professor friend invited several of us to her home where she has a large telescope set up in her back yard. Oh my gosh, it was phenomenal looking at all of them! E

Even with binoculars you can get a sweet view!
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