Posted: 8/16/2010 8:36:48 PM EDT
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A while ago, I posted about a bright star I saw. Some people mentioned that Jupiter was in view. I checked it out with some 7x binocs and thought that I saw a spec resembling one of its moons. Last night I had the brilliant idea of using a 20x rifle scope to confirm. WOW. It was CRAZY. I could make out Jupiter and 4 moons very clearly. It was really a neat sight to behold. I tried to get pics, but it was impossible to keep the scope/rifle/camera all lined up. In that regard, I fail. I really wanted to give you guys a cool pic, with illuminated mil-dot reticle, Jupiter (god of war?) and its moons. |
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Quoted: Without looking it up, can you name the four moons in order of distance? Which one is volcanic, and why? I was a serious astronomy nerd as a kid, and I still remember all the facts and figures. Io Europa Ganymede Callisto Io is volcanic i think its because its interior is being pulled by Jupiter and the other moons. |
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Quoted: Without looking it up, can you name the four moons in order of distance? Which one is volcanic, and why? I was a serious astronomy nerd as a kid, and I still remember all the facts and figures. No. I really don't know much about astronomy. I took a college course once, but it was all mathematics about orbits and spin and doppler shift. I promplty forgot all of it. I'd like to get into some of the basic astronomy. |
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Without looking it up, can you name the four moons in order of distance? Which one is volcanic, and why? I was a serious astronomy nerd as a kid, and I still remember all the facts and figures. Io Europa Ganymede Callisto Io is volcanic i think its because its interior is being pulled by Jupiter and the other moons. You win 7 internets. Yep, tidal friction heats up Io. Pretty cool. |
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The first time I saw the Rings of Saturn were with my Nightforce 8-32x.
It was pretty awesome. (Found with Google Sky on Droid). Now Jupiter and it's moons are viewable in the southeast about this time at 40 degrees up or so (depending on where ya live). NightForce is an AWESOME dual-pupose optic for both astronomy and putting lead where it needs to be. Need to set up the bipod on the roof of the car or something though. Way too impossible to hold a bead on a planet. |
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A while ago, I posted about a bright star I saw. Some people mentioned that Jupiter was in view. I checked it out with some 7x binocs and thought that I saw a spec resembling one of its moons. Last night I had the brilliant idea of using a 20x rifle scope to confirm. WOW. It was CRAZY. I could make out Jupiter and 4 moons very clearly. It was really a neat sight to behold. I tried to get pics, but it was impossible to keep the scope/rifle/camera all lined up. In that regard, I fail. I really wanted to give you guys a cool pic, with illuminated mil-dot reticle, Jupiter (god of war?) and its moons. When you looked at it with binocs the spec was to the right of Jupiter, right? I'm pretty sure I saw it, although I'm not sure which of the Galilean moons it is. I tried looking through my telescope but at best Jupiter looked a bit fuzzy (and still white) and I could see none of the moons. |
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Tactical awareness. It really wasn't the backyard. It was a blackened room, with the shades parted, and me on the floor, back about 7 yards away from the window. Perfect hide.High wind. Only 7 or 8 people in the world could have made that shot...... Wut? 
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now... everyone break out their optics while listening to Gustav Holst's "The Planets" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B49N46I39Y Listen and ENJOY! |
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now... everyone break out their optics while listening to Gustav Holst's "The Planets" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B49N46I39Y Listen and ENJOY! I didn't know Jackie Chan was a conductor! |