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fosters home fan · 12-18-2006, 04:25 AM

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

Howard · 12-18-2006, 07:27 AM

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.

fosters home fan · 12-20-2006, 06:01 AM

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

Carlaz · 12-20-2006, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fosters home fan

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!

Cassini90125 · 03-12-2007, 08:22 AM

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.

One Radical Dude · 03-12-2007, 11:11 AM

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

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fosters home fan (.�??�) Yes? Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Behind the Cheddar Curtain Posts: 587	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 __________________

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12-18-2006, 07:27 AM	#2
Howard Desert Rat Zoom Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: AZ desert Posts: 1,359	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.