Posted on 08/08/2023 1:44:06 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What's that below the Moon? Jupiter -- and its largest moons. Many skygazers across planet Earth enjoyed the close conjunction of Earth's Moon passing nearly in front of Jupiter in mid-June. The featured image is a single exposure of the event taken from Morón de la Frontera, Spain. The sunlit lunar crescent on the left is overexposed, while the Moon's night side, on the right, is only faintly illuminated by Earthshine. Lined up diagonally below the Moon, left to right, are Jupiter's bright Galilean satellites: Callisto, Ganymede, Io (hard to see as it is very near to Jupiter), and Europa. In fact, Callisto, Ganymede, and Io are larger than Earth's Moon, while Europa is only slightly smaller. NASA's robotic spacecraft Juno is currently orbiting Jupiter and made a close pass near Io only a week ago. If you look up in the night sky tonight, you will again see two of the brightest objects angularly close together -- because tonight is another Moon-Jupiter conjunction.
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Let me know when moon meets uranus.
When the cock crows?
Wow.
Let me know when Jupiter aligns with Mars.
Aquarius
As in The Age!
August 14, 2024
8-14-24
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Mark My Calendar!
What an amazing universe we have . . .
Earthshine. Completely non-alcoholic and 50x brighter than moonshine.
And to think that there are those....even astronomers...who can look at a photo like this and still be *convinced* that there’s no God.
I'm serious though, 8/14/24 really is the next time Mars and Jupiter will move by each other as visible from earth.
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