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| Jupiter, Meteors in the Summer Sky |
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| Wednesday, 06 August 2008 | |
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Learning our way around the night sky can be a challenge, especially with so much light pollution washing out the stars, but this time of year is a great time to get to know Jupiter. The planets are not fixed but move across our sky, and right now Jupiter is brilliant and bright, high in the Southeast sky early in the evening, and just about due South by 11 p.m. With a good pair of binoculars, or a backyard telescope, you should be able to view Jupiter's four major moons, collectively called the Galilean satellites after the first person to observe them, using equipment of lesser quality than your own. Next Tuesday, if the sky is clear, one of the year’s best and most observed meteor showers, the Perseids, should be at its peak. Ladd Observatory will be open, weather permitting. Go to Ladd's new Web site for more info.
The four Galilean moons in order of their growing distance from Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto. Photographed by Galilleo probe. via: Francine Jackson, Ladd staff astronomer |
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