M O O N! That spells Jupiter!

[JulesMaximus]

So, tonight Jupiter can be seen very close to the moon in the night sky.

I just checked and you can see it with the naked eye. Pretty cool!

http://earthsky.org/tonight

 

[RPD]

Confirmed

 

[zanejohnson]

i just went outside to grab firewood and saw it, immediately drew my attention.. it's really awesome looking!

 

[CPA]

I just took my wife outside and showed her.

Her: wow, it's so close.
Me: Wha....? lol

 

[surfsatwerk]

Thread needs moar Tom Cullin.

 

[zanejohnson]

I just took my wife outside and showed her.

Her: wow, it's so close.
Me: Wha....? lol

i thought it was some shit about to land on the moon when i first saw it, looked really close.. upon further gazing i realized it just looked nearby....

 

[Gintaras]

Took a quick handheld snapshot:

also, uploading video....

 

[BladeVenom]

Go to an observatory, and you'll be able to see Jupiter's moons.

 

[Gintaras]

http://youtu.be/gIJw5T11oRU

 

[Aikouka]

http://youtu.be/gIJw5T11oRU

Needs more exasperated shouting like the double rainbow!

 

[FelixDeCat]

Bookmarked.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Go to an observatory, and you'll be able to see Jupiter's moons.

I could see them through my telescope. Was pretty cool actually. I could even make out faint bands on Jupiter itself.

 

[Nohr]

Our moon beside Jupiter and it's largest moons.

This one is closer to what you see with the naked eye.

 

[Fenixgoon]

i snapped some pics but my hands were not steady enough to get a decent picture. could definitely have used a tripod. my camera also doesn't have a manual focus (at least not that i know of)

 

[Nohr]

i snapped some pics but my hands were not steady enough to get a decent picture. could definitely have used a tripod. my camera also doesn't have a manual focus (at least not that i know of)

You can hand hold moon pics, it helps to brace yourself against a wall or something. Also the moon is big enough that auto focus should work on it.

 

[Fayd]

I have a T-adaptor for my nikkormat to mount to my 5" celestron... I should really take it out for a spin at some point again.

 

[ArizonaSteve]

Got some pics last night with a D700, 200-400 zoom and 1.7x convertor.

 

[bigrash]

Our moon beside Jupiter and it's largest moons.

This one is closer to what you see with the naked eye.

wow that's cool.

 

[Arcadio]

You don't need a telescope to see Jupiter's moons. You can see them fine with binoculars.

 

[ArizonaSteve]

Managed to snap one last night.

 

[Nohr]

Taken just 5 hours later the moon has lost a lot of ground on Jupiter (to the right above the trees).