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JUPITER!!! OMG!!! (Original Post)
elleng
Sep 2022
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SheltieLover
(60,464 posts)1. Wow!
QED
(2,989 posts)2. When my nephew told his little girl that Jupiter was a gas giant she said...
"So it's a giant fart with moons?"
Walleye
(36,528 posts)4. Damn overcast here. It's been really bright the last couple of nights though
Docreed2003
(17,910 posts)5. We were able to see it so well with our telescope
As well as the Galilean moons! Fun night at our house!
calguy
(5,786 posts)6. I saw this post and I had to go outside.
I think I saw it. It was the biggest and brightest star in the sky. My wife and I were pretty is was big J.
Thanks for posting. I would have missed it otherwise.
usonian
(14,748 posts)9. It is like a streetlight.
Wow.
AllyCat
(17,238 posts)7. It was SO bright tonight, even with a light cloud cover.
Coyotes and a a deer found their way near me and my youngest on a dark country road to see the beautiful display in the sky! Saturn up as well! What a treat!
FuzzyRabbit
(2,106 posts)10. elleng, thanks for posting about Jupiter.
I had forgotten about it. My gosh, it is so bright!
Bristlecone
(10,530 posts)11. I went outside earlier this evening with binoculars
Saw the moons as was suggested. Pretty neat