hi - is anyone else looking at Jupiter tonight? there are 5 faint objects near Jupiter - 4 on 1 side and 1 on the other - all on the same plane. does anyone know if all 5 are Jovian moons, or if 1 a star? Ernie Spragg
Jupiter tonight 4/11/16
Started by Sheldon L. Cooper, Ph.D., 04/12/2016 03:58AM
Posted 04/12/2016 03:58AM
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Posted 04/12/2016 05:29AM
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Ernie…
I'm not looking at Jupiter because today was a 12-hour day and I just finished dinner.
However, I fired up SkyTool3 and here is what is see: the four Galilean satellites on one side of Jupiter (I, E, C, G, in order from in to out) and the mag 7.3 star HD 95848 star on the other side. Amalthea is on the same of Jupiter as the star, but it's not far from the limb, so that's probably not what you're seeing. As far as distance, the star is a little farther from Jupiter than Callisto.
Fred Lusk
CVA
I'm not looking at Jupiter because today was a 12-hour day and I just finished dinner.
However, I fired up SkyTool3 and here is what is see: the four Galilean satellites on one side of Jupiter (I, E, C, G, in order from in to out) and the mag 7.3 star HD 95848 star on the other side. Amalthea is on the same of Jupiter as the star, but it's not far from the limb, so that's probably not what you're seeing. As far as distance, the star is a little farther from Jupiter than Callisto.
Fred Lusk
CVA
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