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| Jupiter and its four moons May 9, 2017 |
Even a good set of 20x binoculars will probably be able to see them provided the binoculars are held on a tripod or you happen to have those really nice (but expensive) image stabilized versions.
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Nice Arrangement of Jupiter's Moons
If you have a telescope that can view Jupiter (and most small telescopes of reasonable quality can) there is a nice arrangement of Jupiter's four largest (and brightest) moons on the night of May 9th. The image below shows the moons at 11:15 PM.
Even a good set of 20x binoculars will probably be able to see them provided the binoculars are held on a tripod or you happen to have those really nice (but expensive) image stabilized versions.
Even a good set of 20x binoculars will probably be able to see them provided the binoculars are held on a tripod or you happen to have those really nice (but expensive) image stabilized versions.
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