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04/03/2004 07:15:00 AM · #1 |
Last night I was looking at the Moon through my binoculars (just ordered my telescope) and I noticed a "star" just below it to the right, which I knew was Jupiter. Then I noticed two little dots at either side of Jupiter. My first thought was, "holy cow!, I think those are two of its satellites!" and frankly, I still think that's what they were, but I just want to make sure I'm not mistaken. I was reading on an april skywatcher chart that on April 6th two of Jupiters moons will cast a shawdow on the giant jovian planet, Io and Europe...I wonder if those are the ones I saw. Once gain, thanks in advance.
June
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04/03/2004 07:50:24 AM · #2 |
| You probably did see two of the Galilean satellites (Ganymede and Callisto are the other two). |
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04/03/2004 08:41:00 AM · #3 |
first off Jupiter is not a star ;) ;) ;)
you probablly saw Io and Europa as seen in this image by one of the members in my astronomy club, he takes some awesome images
Jupiter with Io and Europa
you must have some good and powerfull binocs to see the moons of jupiter, in my binocs, juipter is just a very smal speck
James
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04/03/2004 08:46:24 AM · #4 |
With my 10x50 binocs mounted on a tripod, I can usually discern some of Jupiter's moons. It looks a lot better through my 8" telescope though....
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04/03/2004 01:02:31 PM · #5 |
James, all I saw with my binocs was a big dot with two little dots next to it, not much, but enough to impress me. My binocs are 10x50 and I have to hand hold them since they don't have a tripod screw thingie. Can't wait till my telescope arrives!!! It's only 4.5 inches, but better than nothing.
June
PS. I tried taking a pic of Jupiter with the moons, but all I have is my 300D and a 300mm lens...not enough. I however got this shot of Venus and the Pleiades.
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