the Harvest Moon & Jupiter

[Gary Majchrzak]

are both very visible right now- no telescope needed!


If the weather cooperates, Tuesday will be the best night to view Jupiter through a telescope because the gas giant will be at its closest point to Earth since 1951.

That night, Jupiter will reach opposition. This means that from our perspective on Earth, the solar system’s largest planet and the sun are at opposite ends of the sky.

We will be closest to Jupiter than we have been in more than 50 years because the planet is nearing its closest approach to the sun as it makes it elliptical orbit. It won’t be this close again until 2022, according to Earthsky.com.

If you don’t have a telescope, use a large pair of binoculars. You should be able to see several of the planet’s largest moons in a line extending from the center.

To make it easier to find, look for it near the moon in the southeastern sky.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/19/1347682/view-giant-jupiter-on-tuesday.html

 

[aquadonkey]

Cool Gary! Thanks for the info!

 

[oneradtek202]

kinda like when i took this pic? lol

i think i mis-named the satellites though

 

[talon4x4]

Wow!! Nice pic!!

 

[tmz]

Nice. Thanks .

 

[magdelan]

I tried taking a few pics last night of Jupiter but couldn't see any moons. I did pick up a green light directly below it though. Is this just an odd illumination or is it a satalite?

I'll post pics later.

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

kinda like when i took this pic? lol

i think i mis-named the satellites though

Wow, suddenly the version naming used for the Eclipse IDE makes sense. . .

 

[superkat]

kinda like when i took this pic? lol

i think i mis-named the satellites though

what was the date of this picture?

 

[oneradtek202]

end of summer 2008 i think

 

[magdelan]

This is at 11:30pm. I took this at f4.3 and 1/1600

This is just a cool pic of the moon from the same night.

 

[aquadonkey]

Anyone check this out?
I went outside Tuesday night, but it was cloudy and I had a cold so I went to bed...

 

[superkat]

nice pics...yeah, i've been out whenever it's been nice with my binoculars. Pretty awesome. If you wait around, Orion comes up and you can also get a nice view of the "star factory"...nebula in his belt.

the tags on the moons? you switched Ganymede and Callisto. But still even without the tags...awesome pic. What filter did you use?

 

[oneradtek202]

nice pics...yeah, i've been out whenever it's been nice with my binoculars. Pretty awesome. If you wait around, Orion comes up and you can also get a nice view of the "star factory"...nebula in his belt.

the tags on the moons? you switched Ganymede and Callisto. But still even without the tags...awesome pic. What filter did you use?

no filter, just my 300 mm lens and a 3 sec exposure i think, then i just zoomed in with post processing

 

[superkat]

incredible. i can get pretty decent shots through the telescope, but always a bit blurry. i'll see if i can scare up some of the Hautaki Comet i took in Cali on a crystal clear night in the high desert.

 

[oneradtek202]

i beleive it took that pic with my old camera too, i think u just inspired me to grab a fw new shots here soon. i have to get out to my parents out in teh country though first! lol tahts where i took the original

 

[superkat]

all my favorite constellations and Messier objects are coming out now. do you have a telescope? i don't have a pic, but someone else does...this is mine:

i've got the Starry Night on my laptop and can link to computer. you just type in like, M83 and the telescope starts moving. Way way cool.

 

[oneradtek202]

tryin to get to see jupiters features slightly, not too sure

alot more light pollution, but still got it kinda lol

 

[Conesus_Kid]

I was given a cheap Celestron beginner's telescope and set it up Friday night. We could see Jupiter and one of the moons (not sure which).

Good stuff!