Jupiters 5 moons

[Telescope40]

Hello all. Just had a nice half hour with Jupiter using my  Stellarvue 102 frac with a SvBony 10 - 30 zoom and 4mm Nirvana ep.  Sky still quite light i'd say.   Jupe has 5 moons ATM.  According to Starry Night Pro app, 

Star   HD 211674 is masquerading as moon 5, not Maroon 5 !!  Bit of fun to see this for sure.  Getting some banding on Jupiter in the better viewing moments. 

John   

[johninderby]

Good for you. 👍🏻

Nothing doing here at the moment. Forecast says completely clear but looking out the window tells a different story. 😢

Will it clear later?

Edited January 11, 2022 by johninderby

[Pete Presland]

No chance of seeing it here, but i looked on SkySafari  it fits perfectly and looks like an extra galilean moon 🙂 

[Telescope40]

Sorry guys.  First decent session I’ve had this year. Slim pickings for sure. 
O hum. 

[Marvin Jenkins]

9 hours ago, Telescope40 said:

Sorry guys.  First decent session I’ve had this year. Slim pickings for sure. 
O hum. 

I happened to be out at the same time observing the same thing. I had the same situation happen to a friend who has recently taken up astronomy. Took me a while to explain what he was looking at. Thankfully he now has a phone app.

Last time I had a masquerading star it was more confusing as one of the real moons was missing as it was eclipsing another. At least we got out after weeks of bad weather.

Marvin