Jupiter's primary Opposition
(Juno, a/k/a Hera & Mrs. J.)
Thanks. I’ll cast my eyes on the western sky at twilight.
Have you tried the NASA eyes on the solar system program? Its got some neat stuff. It shows the current locations of all the spacecraft, distances, speed etc. Its also got Eyes on the exoplanets which is pretty cool.
Its been out for quite a while but my old computer wouldn’t even open it. The new one runs it flawlessly.
Venus is also very bright now after sunset, and will be so for at least another month. In fact, it is so bright that it can be mistaken for the headlight of an oncoming airplane or helicopter.
http://www.evsjupiter.com
ok i cant figure out how to embed a link. Back to html page.
Got a Celestron 130 to observe Ison but that fell apart. Guess I can look at Jupiter, but its going below zero tonight.
Jupiter's primary Opposition
(Juno, a/k/a Hera & Mrs. J.)
Here is a page that shows the positions of the largest 4 moons of Jupiter at any time. It’s very cool to watch through a telescope since the moons travel so fast you can often see them orbiting if one passes another or occults or eclipses.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/javascript/jupiter
I’d like to check it out some night but here in Michigan, the rain and snow clouds don’t go away until spring.....sometimes later.