Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: KoRn

So, is Jupiter the bright star I’ve been seeing in the evening? (Obviously, I don’t have optics.)


3 posted on 11/17/2011 2:49:52 PM PST by colorado tanker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]


To: colorado tanker

Even with just a pair of binoculars you can see four moons. It’s very cool. You can see them lined up on their gravitational plane. They change sides as they rotate around the planet. So you might look and see:

O .. . .

Then you look at another time and see:

. . O . .

or

. . . O .

etc.


5 posted on 11/17/2011 2:54:01 PM PST by Huck (I predict record low turnout for the GOP primaries.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: colorado tanker

Most likely. Check it out with some binoculars. That’s all you need.


7 posted on 11/17/2011 3:04:13 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: colorado tanker
If you just get binocs then you will be able to see several moons of Jupiter. Very cool.

Brace the binocs against something.

11 posted on 11/17/2011 3:18:02 PM PST by caddie (Herman is very much like Ronald Reagan, except Herman never co-starred with primates.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson