Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Where's Jupiter on Wednesday?
Wednesday August 2 (that's tomorow night as of now), the waxing Moon will be three fingerwidths to the left of Jupiter. If you are unsure of which object in the evning sky is Jupiter, tomorrow night is a good night to find out. Look to the right of the Moon, by three fingerwidths, and there it is. It will be easy to remember after that, as Jupiter is currently the brightest object in the north-western sky (for us Southern Hemispherians that is).It will also be a good night to check the Movement of the Moon. Every night the Moon covers about two handspans distance across the sky, that's roughly a fingerwith every two hours, something that is easily observable.. if you have a landmark to tell the position of the Moon. Well, you can use Jupiter as your landamark, check the position of the Moon against Jupiter every hour, and you can watch the Moon move across the sky.
If you want to see more great pictures of the Great Red SPot and Red Spt Jr, head over to the Bad Astronomer.
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 9:50 pm 
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