Last week I saw a very bright planet. Not being up on things, not sure which one.
Got out the binoculars 10x, and saw it and 4 moons. I’ll bet that’s Jupiter. But are those really its moons?
Checking the web, Yes.
Recommended viewing.
Yup. Jupiter’s 4 large moons are easily visible with binoculars or a small telescope. I used to track them for my astronomy class many years ago.
The first time I saw those moons with binoculars...I gasped.
It made me feel in an instant the huge gulf of space between me and what I was looking at.
My library has a telescope for checkout for a week at a time, I am in line and it should be coming up for me any time now. I hope I get good weather!