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MORNING PLANETS: Venus and Jupiter are glittering beautifully in the morning sky this week. The pair are so intense you can see them even after the sky turns twilight blue. Look for them at daybreak--it's a nice way to begin the day
*They'll be a lovely pair. Will step outside here soon.
Too bad they're not closer together.
Speaking of Jupiter, spaceweather.com is currently (homepage is usually archived daily) hosting 3 photos of Jupiter...but when I click on it to post it here, the images become smaller and multiplied. Anyway, can easily see the Great Red Spot and Ganymede.
Compared to Jupiter, Ganymede seems tiny. In fact, it is the largest moon in the solar system--actually larger than the planet Mercury. If Ganymede orbited the sun, it would be considered a full-fledged planet.
I can see the Galilean moons with my 4.25" telescope. Of course they only look like stars in a 'scope that small.
--Cindy
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)
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