Posted on 06/05/2019 7:25:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
NASA has a message for space lovers this month: Look up. The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, will be clearly visible June 10 — and to see its biggest moons you'll only need to grab a pair of binoculars.
NASA said the gas giant is at its "biggest and brightest this month" and will be visible all night. The planet will reach opposition, the annual occurrence when the Jupiter, Earth and the Sun are arranged in a straight line, with Earth in the center. So, mark your calendars for Monday, as it will be the best time of the year to see it.
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Be careful everyone
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Galileo discovered the four moons of Jupiter with a telescope with about 4x magnification and a rather small lens. The trick to seeing the Galilean moons is to be able to hold the binoculars steady. Jupiter will likely be the brightest thing in the night sky except for the moon. It won’t twinkle and it will be a warm white.
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I simply gave my boys the FACTS involved with what happens to gays medically [in general], and their response was NO THANKS, so if going to that side was ever on their mind, it quickly dissipated when they realized the risk level they would be encountering.
To those posing the question: It will be in the southern sky.
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“Be great if they told us where to look. West coast/east coast etc.”
It will rise in the East after sunset and transit the sky to the West. You can’t miss it. I saw it Sunday night at about 0300 and it is brighter than anything else in the night sky.
Saturn will be next to appear and follow the same path but it is not as bright as Jupiter.
If you have a spotting scope or a small telescope on a tripod you will see much more than with binoculars.
Optimist!
It’ll be by far the brightest object in the sky.
The alien attack has been occurring for some time. It is called “congress”.
But will it be as close as Uranus ?
I thought that was a lethal fungus. I didn’t know it was alien. :)
All these worlds are yours - except Europa.
Attempt no landings there.
Yep.
No problem.
8x
Wowser ! thanks for the heads up
That’s right. Stay on guard! Keep watching the skies!
You’re right. If only we hadn’t pissed off the Martians! Varlock The Vicious could have been an ally. Oh , what fools we’ve been!
Uhh, the moons have always been visible with binoculars. Try it sometime.
Yeah, the moons are always viewable year round with any decent binoculars.
Thanks fieldmarshaldj. BTW, a good pair of binoculars (on a stand, for stability), or a low-end telescope, should be more than sufficient to see the four Galilean moons *almost anytime*.
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