Jupiter
 

Did anyone see the planet Jupiter this morning? I did. At first I thought it was a star, but I checked on my Starry Night program and it was Jupiter!:)
It was out at 6:30-7:00AM this morning. It was near the moon (with Earthshine):bloogrin

Jupiter is one of the brightest points of light. Through a telescope, (depending on size) you can see it and most of it's moons. Saturn is is a leaden yellow light (star), but an awesome sight thru a telescope as well.:frankiesmile:

cool
 

Since we have a telescope,I will try looking at the planets with the telescope sometime. In case you don't know what Earthshine is here is a simple diagram


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:E...ineDiagram.png

Here is the resulthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:E...ne_Karonen.jpg

Thanks for the links! :)

A 23-second video of Jupiter rotating:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBwDIiKuj_o

Courtesy of NASA. It's black and white but still interesting to watch. This is from the New Horizons spacecraft.

That's a very cool video right there. Thank you for the link.