Jupiter and 45 Capricorni real close

[Epick Crom]

A heads up to all Astronomers! Jupiter and the star 45 Capricorni will be real close tonight. The view will be spectacular as 45 Cap is of similar magnitude as the Galilean moons. Hope you all get a chance to observe this event. Clear skies!

Joe

[Captain Scarlet]

Not clear skies 😕

[Epick Crom]

12 minutes ago, Captain Magenta said:

Not clear skies 😕

Sorry to hear that. I hope you get clear skies soon🤞

[jock1958]

I thought the arrangement of the moons seemed strange but didn’t cotton onto what I was looking at until later when I read your post. 
I should have realised it was a star (45 Cap) above Jupiter and not the fourth moon, also briefly noticed a pimple on the western limb which must have been Io transiting behind. 
Unfortunately it was all a bit of a rush last night to beat the clouds and watch the Formula 1!  
1 out of 10 must try harder next time 😩
 

[dweller25]

Saw 45 Cap close to Jupiter on Saturday evening - It looked like a 5th Moon 🙂

[Epick Crom]

@jock1958and @dweller25 a wonderous sight. I enjoyed observing this chance alignment too. It's beautiful because 45 Cap is so close in brightness with the other moons🤩

[IB20]

Yep viewed it last night, only reason I thought to check because it was a similar to the mag of the Gailliean moons but wasn’t on the equatorial plane. Pretty special!