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Jupiter

Started by [email protected], 12/21/2003 07:11PM
Posted 12/21/2003 07:11PM Opening Post
Doggies woke me up this morning around 5 EST telling me they had to go out, so I got up and while I was out waiting for them I took a look around, and there was Jupiter beckoning high in the sky.....Out came the scope (a Celestron C5) and warm clothes. Just for a lark I decided to see how long into daylight I could keep it in view. I am not sure which moon was which, but I lost the faintest one (which was farthest from the planet) right around the time the sun rose, at which time I could still see the other three moons and banding (4 dark bands and the interlaying lighter bands) on Jupiter's surface pretty clearly. I could not, by this time, find Jupiter with my naked eye; it was lost in the daylight.