Jupiter and 5 moons

[habbyworld]

Right now at 11.25pm i have focused on jupiter. To the left just above jupiter is one moon. To the right, right next to jupiter is a double, like 2 moons. then alittle further out are the other 2. Does anyone know what i was seeing.

I tryed to take a photo, but my camera is not good enough.

[jgs001]

HW, Take a look at this It'll show you the position of the four galilean moons (the big ones) at least.

[habbyworld]

I see 5 that were close. I used the 10mm lens. I thought there were only 4 large ones. I was supprised to see 5. Hence the reason why i thought i would post my sighting on here to see if anyone had any idea of what i have seen. I have friends here and they all see the same as what i did.

[jgs001]

Sorry, I don't know. I've only seen Jupiter and the four myself. I just thought it might help ID the big four. Someone will be along soon that can hopefully answer better.

[GazOC]

I'm in work so I havn't got a Starry Night handy but you can only see 4 Jovian moons with amateur scopes, the other object, above left, will most likely a star, or less likely an asteroid.

[habbyworld]

Well i have see it a couple of times and i have seen the 4. But tonight is the first time i have seen 5. I was supprised. They have never all been in the same place since they rotate round jupiter.

[John]

Could it have been a background star parhaps ?. That's often an issue I find with looking at Saturns moons.

John

[jgs001]

HW, Is this about what you saw ? The camera has normal orientation so adjust for your scope config. If so, then the bright spot on the opposite side to the moons, according to Stellarium, is HP95077 Mag 5.5 186 Light Years distant

[habbyworld]

This is a drawing of what i see. Or as good as.

if it`s clear tonite, then i shall know for sure if all of the moons have moved or not.

[Dave Smith]

According to SkyMap Pro your extra "moon" is star GSC 6309-953 of mag 11.54

Tonight at the same time one of the (real) moons will be on the other side of Jupiter and strangely there will be another star NGC 6309-994-1 in a similar position to the first star relative to Jupiter although a bit closer. The original star will have moved relative to Jupiter to the other side. Don't forget Jupiter is moving quite fast on this scale relative to the background stars. As has already been said, none of the other moons will be visible with amateur equipment.

[beamish]

Bit confusing two threads copied, one here and one in Beginners section. :scratch:

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