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DAYTIME JUPITER

Started by Whitters, Dec 17, 2003, 04:11:00

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Whitters

Space Weather News for Dec. 16, 2003
http://spaceweather.com

DAYTIME JUPITER: Jupiter is bright enough to see in broad daylight--if you
know where to look. Today you can find it using the moon as a "landmark."
The quarter moon and Jupiter are only a few degrees apart. Scan around the
moon with a pair of binoculars, and you might be surprised to see Jupiter
pop out of the bright blue background.

Mike

Looked out the window about 0630 this morning and the Moon and (I presume) Jupiter were right next to each other. Nice sight ! Must get a picture.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan

Sue

Just looked out with binos -  no luck,sky too bright now (9:50) moon very pretty against the blue though.