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3. Jupiter's moons

Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:28 AM

Sep 2022

If you have a decent pair of binoculars, you should be able to see Jupiter's 4 brightest moons: Europa, Io, Ganymede, and Callisto. It's fun to track them from night to night and watch them move around.

This site will help you identify what you're looking at:
https://skyandtelescope.org/wp-content/plugins/observing-tools/jupiter_moons/jupiter.html

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low to the horizon in the early morning Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #2

Jupiter's moons Hela Sep 2022 #3

Tnx❗️Great resource ...nt mitch96 Sep 2022 #5

It really is. sl8 Sep 2022 #7

Jupiter is rising at about 7:30 p.m. and setting at about 7:30 a.m. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 #6