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PoindexterOglethorpe

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6. Thanks for the reminder!

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2022, 09:30 PM

Sep 2022

Just took a look at it, and it's glorious.

Many years ago, we (my husband and I) were given a telescope and the first thing we did was aim it at Jupiter. OMG! We felt like Galileo, because the four Galilean moons were lined up perfectly, two on each side. It was almost as if someone had slapped a photo on the telescope. Wow.

I LOVE astronomy, and you all here have seen me reference My Son The Astronomer. I myself had the good fortune to spend my first 14 years in northern New York State, a bit north of Utica, where the skies were extremely clear back in the 1950s. Lucky me.

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Where is Jupiter now? [View all] elleng Sep 2022 OP

We just went and looked at it. underpants Sep 2022 #1

Thanks elleng! alwaysinasnit Sep 2022 #2

Saw it and 3 moons through a terrestrial telescope Thunderbeast Sep 2022 #3

Saw it, but no moons; elleng Sep 2022 #4

super Jupiter!! i was going to be cheeky but i decided not to:) AllaN01Bear Sep 2022 #5

Thanks for the reminder! PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #6