Author Topic: Jupiter (Read 926 times)

Don P · « **on:** September 24, 2022, 10:12:52 PM »

If you go outside this weekend, like right now, and look up SSE in Pisces. That brightest object is Jupiter. It is as close as its been in 59 years.

Southside · « **Reply #1 on:** September 24, 2022, 10:41:20 PM »

Anyone else look to the SSW about sunset and see the missile or rocket flying ENE? Should have taken a video.

beenthere · « **Reply #2 on:** September 24, 2022, 10:47:42 PM »

Watched a livestream of SpaceX launching 52 more Starlink satellites about that time, and the booster rocket went ENE up the coast to push them into low orbit. Then landed the re-usable booster on a barge out in the ocean.

Must have been quite a sight to see live.

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-launch-group-4-35

Southside · « **Reply #3 on:** September 24, 2022, 10:55:15 PM »

At first I thought it was a commercial jet and the sunset caused the contrail to reflect odd, sort of a swamp gas stuck in a weather balloon reflecting the light off of Venus kind of thing, but then I saw a couple of other jets in the sky and realized it wasn't that. Eventually it just vanished into the sky, it was still going up at that time.

Hilltop366 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 25, 2022, 08:41:38 AM »

I went outside and looked at the moon and stars last week and saw a extra bright star so I took a picture, after severely cropping it I got this.

terrifictimbersllc · « **Reply #5 on:** September 25, 2022, 12:55:58 PM »

Its a planet!!!

Don P · « **Reply #6 on:** September 25, 2022, 03:54:48 PM »

From latin "planeta", wandering star.
I remember someone telling me one root meant "traveler". They moved across the background stars.

doc henderson · « **Reply #7 on:** September 25, 2022, 04:26:57 PM »

we saw Pluto and Saturn last night by telescope

Jim_Rogers · « **Reply #8 on:** September 25, 2022, 08:25:57 PM »

Back in the 70's when Jupiter was near, we looked at it with regular binoculars several nights in a row. We could notice that the biggest moons, which we could see, had traveled around the planet some from the night before. It was amazing.

Jim Rogers

terry f · « **Reply #9 on:** September 28, 2022, 01:47:18 AM »

Took a few pics last night, one had the moons looking like reindeer 😊

doc henderson · « **Reply #10 on:** September 28, 2022, 09:48:08 AM »

Maybe they are....

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