Go outside and look at Jupiter's moons

[powernoodle]

Tonite, Oct. 25, Jupiter is at 9:00 relative to the moon. At dusk, its the only bright object in the sky, so you cannot miss it.

With a pair of binoculars and a very steady hand (lean against a tree) you can observe at least one of Jupiter's moons. A very, very faint point of light next to Jupiter. More than one moon may be observable. Very cool.

On Oct. 26, the earth's moon will be much closer to Jupiter, and on Tuesday earth's moon will have moved to the left of Jupiter.

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[gajinoz]

Unfortunately I won't be able to see it from my point of view. Jupiter is fairly high in the Eastern sky but the Moon is just above it. Interestingly just below Jupiter is Neptune and, if I look down below that, I can see Uranus.

They're all in a nice straight line, I might get the telescope out if it's not too cloudy and see what I can see.