Friday, July 3, 2015

Jupiter and Venus getting close - June 30

Venus and Jupiter getting up close and personal in the western night sky (a conjunction). If you look close you can see 4 of Jupiter's moons, called the Galilean moons. Galileo observed and described them in 1610.

Venus and Jupiter June 31, 2015

Jupiter's moons. I wonder if the different colors are for real or an artifact?