[News] Jupiter

[PeterT]

Great view tonight, clearly visible without need for a telescope or similar:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62983510

Look at the sky in the east, it’s at its most visible at around midnight but easy enough to see even now when the clouds clear. Clearest view for 60 years apparently.

 

[B-right-on]

https://youtu.be/7Xf-Lesrkuc

Good tune.

 

[ExmouthExile]

Recently re-released after 40 years, another good tune.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Great view tonight, clearly visible without need for a telescope or similar:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62983510

Look at the sky in the east, it’s at its most visible at around midnight but easy enough to see even now when the clouds clear. Clearest view for 60 years apparently.

Very bright.

Picked up my binoculars and spotted 3 of the moons of Jupiter too. Brilliant!

 

[JJ McClure]

Ok so not Jupiter but I’ve just watched the SpaceX Starlink satellites pass over, very odd seeing a perfect line of lights crossing the night sky like that

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Great view tonight, clearly visible without need for a telescope or similar:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62983510

Look at the sky in the east, it’s at its most visible at around midnight but easy enough to see even now when the clouds clear. Clearest view for 60 years apparently.

At midnight will it be due souuth?

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Great view tonight, clearly visible without need for a telescope or similar:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62983510

Look at the sky in the east, it’s at its most visible at around midnight but easy enough to see even now when the clouds clear. Clearest view for 60 years apparently.

Cheers Peter, I missed it, will it be similarly viewable this evening, clouds permitting?

 

[PeterT]

Cheers Peter, I missed it, will it be similarly viewable this evening, clouds permitting?

Not sure, worth a look though I would think. It gets highest in the sky around midnight I believe, so around then is likely to be the best chance. Last night it was really bright in the sky, and just with a cheap set of binoculars I could easily see one of the moons. I’m no astrophysicist but do find these things quite awesome!

 

[PeterT]

At midnight will it be due souuth?

Not sure about that, I was looking kind of south east last night at about 11.30pm.

 

[Trufflehound]

Yet another good tune.

 

[Igzilla]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_W-vJ3hXhA