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Photograph of the great conjunction of 2020 taken two days before closest approach with the four Galilean moons visible around Jupiter. ( Titan can also be seen to the right of Saturn.) December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn, 130mm Bresser Messier
The four "Galilean moons" were named after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who is thought to have discovered them in 1610. ... Around Dec. 14, Jupiter will be visible in the night sky between ...
Following the discovery of moons of Saturn, a naming system based on that of Kepler and Marius was used for Jupiter's moons. [27] Ganymede is the only Galilean moon of Jupiter named after a male figure—like Io, Europa, and Callisto, he was a lover of Zeus. In English, the Galilean satellites Io, Europa and Callisto have the Latin spellings of ...
The holiday season holds a special gift, as skygazers on Earth will be treated to a great conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Using binoculars or a backyard telescope, it will not only ...
A picture of Jupiter and its moon Io taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The black spot is Io's shadow. Jupiter and the Great Red Spot (visible on the lower right), with Ganymede (immediately on the upper right) casting its shadow on Jupiter. The other moons are Europa (further right), Io (first on left), and Callisto (furthest on left).
Jupiter: Look high overhead in the evening and you’ll find the largest planet in our solar system. Saturn: For the first hour after sunset, it’s visible low in the west. Show comments
21:42:16 Mercury 3°56' south of Jupiter 21.2° East October 28, 2006 16:32:15 Mercury 3°43' south of Jupiter 19.1° East November 7, 2006 13:36:58 Mercury 1°14' south of Venus 2.8° East November 11, 2006 17:51:38 Mercury 39' north of Mars 6.2° West November 15, 2006 22:52:15 Venus 27' south of Jupiter 4.8° East December 9, 2006 20:17:18
The camera system was designed to obtain images of Jupiter's satellites at resolutions 20 to 1,000 times better than Voyager 's best, because Galileo flew closer to the planet and its inner moons, and because the more modern CCD sensor in Galileo 's camera was more sensitive and had a broader color detection band than the vidicons of Voyager. [2]