i'm curious about this celestial body

[cjmagowan]

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does anyone here noticed a bright celestial body which almost stay besides the moon around early evening and later??

[observer]

That's Jupiter. I've been ogling at this one for the past two days with my 8" dob, since we finally have relatively clear night skies (even for just a brief moment). Cloudy skies seems to be the norm these past several months. Through a decent pair of binoculars, you can see this big bright object together with its moons (they'll appear as very tiny points of light). To really see Jupiter in true color (resolving its cloud bands), you'd need to view this at 120x magnification, at the very least, with a telescope that's able to handle this power (a 4" Newtonian at least).

[cjmagowan]

ahh now i know...

hayag man gud au cya ig.gabii... bsag dag-om mulutaw ghapon cya unlike sa mga stars...

thanks bro.

[gamemailxxx]

kuha nako ganiha. mo labaw jud bitaw sya kahayag kaysa uban stars



try nya ko next time using telescope

[sp3rk]

ahh jupiter diay na cya.. permi man lge cla tapad sa moon sa.

[rodsky]

With some DepEd people, I assisted in letting hundreds of elementary and high school students see Jupiter up close last night, using 3 beginner refractors, at Canitoan National High School in Cagayan de Oro city. It was a challenge to hold steady because the target was at zenith and the mount didn't have a motor, but it was still enjoyable experience for the kids, esp. when they realized they were looking at the real Jupiter and its four moons and not some photo off a page of a book or the internet.

Other targets that evening were the Orion Nebula and bright stars such as Vega, Sirius, and Betelgeuse.

-RODION

[eezychair]

Wow!! Ganahan man sad ta palit ug telescope da! Now I know...

[nirpz]

asa man ta mka gamit or mka view intawn og tinud-anay ani uy..nindot mulang

[mudskipper77]

mao pa gyud paghisgot namo bahin ani sa akong kauban ug trabaho...now i know.

[janhenz1]

ah, Jupiter...
mao ni ako favorite kuha-an ug gyro error before together with Moon and Venus
kay dali ra ma-identify. tinapulan nga style.