Jupiter in the sky tonight

Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler

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Can be seen as it's the brightest object and visible all night. As it's so close to earth at the moment, I can see two of it's moons using my binoculars.

Cool story :)
 
I took this pic recently. I did attempt some more shots this evening. Went up into the hills where it was nice and dark, but it was too cold and windy and my tripod wouldn't keep still. So I gave up and went home.

Left to right: Callisto, Io, Jupiter, Europa, Ganymede.

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Lol yes, just like the other planets, Jupiter is a world too, it contains things, it is in nature, it is a body in the cosmos, it is a world. Surprised people don't know how to look up a dictionary definition tbh.
 
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I saw it yesterday while driving down the street it didn't seem noticeably brighter than usual. Its always easy to spot its by far and away the brightest "star" in the night sky when its not dawn/dusk
 
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Penfold101 said:
Not always - it could be on the other side of the planet relative to you during night-time and thus actually be in the sky during daytime, or it could be hidden behind the Sun...:D
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That would still put it in the sky ;)
It may not be a part of the sky you can currently see, but it's always up there in the sky :p :p

In slightly more serious conversation though, I believe Saturn is also visible currently in the night sky from the UK, along with Jupiter and (I think?) Mercury?
 
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Dirk Diggler said:
It was seeing the moons that blew me away, as it's the first I've saw that. :)
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If you really want to have your mind blown, try and follow them every night as they orbit so quickly you can see them change their position relative to the planet on a day-to-day basis.

In fact, Jupiter spins so quickly on it's axis that if you get in the right place at the right time of the year, it can do one entire revolution overnight:

 
Devilman said:
That would still put it in the sky ;)
It may not be a part of the sky you can currently see, but it's always up there in the sky :p :p

In slightly more serious conversation though, I believe Saturn is also visible currently in the night sky from the UK, along with Jupiter and (I think?) Mercury?
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I like this website for getting an idea of where everything is, and you can physically see Jupiter being it's closest and also why Venus and Mercury are never that far from the Sun when viewed from Earth:

The Planets Today : A live view of the solar system

The planets today shows you where the planets are now as a live display - a free online orrery. In this solar system map you can see the planetary positions from 3000 BCE to 3000 CE, and also see when each planet is in retrograde.
www.theplanetstoday.com www.theplanetstoday.com
 
Penfold101 said:
I like this website for getting an idea of where everything is, and you can physically see Jupiter being it's closest and also why Venus and Mercury are never that far from the Sun when viewed from Earth:

The Planets Today : A live view of the solar system

The planets today shows you where the planets are now as a live display - a free online orrery. In this solar system map you can see the planetary positions from 3000 BCE to 3000 CE, and also see when each planet is in retrograde.
www.theplanetstoday.com www.theplanetstoday.com
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I often watch "Dr.Becky" on Youtube.. She does a weekly "what's been happening / what's happening next week" etc.. along with a lot of interesting stuff :)

Dr Becky
 
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