Saw Jupiter and it’s 4 moons (pic from phone attached)

[LunarRob]

Swing to the left and Jupiter with its 4 moons I held the iPhone up to the lense but it was really difficult to get it to focus and it was over bright and then cloud

 

[Moonshed]

I remember the first time I saw Jupiter and its four major moons, it was back in 1992 , I have never forgotten how amazed and excited I was. Phones didn’t have cameras in those days lol. 

[Clarkey]

9 minutes ago, Moonshed said:

Phones didn’t have cameras in those days lol. 

Phones had wires in 1992🤣

[Bugdozer]

It's an amazing thing to see, isn't it? Tricky to photograph with a phone, though. As you get used to looking at it over time, you will find you gradually discern more detail in the clouds. 

[LunarRob]

Is is amazing and at moments could see the colour and marking. this can’t get old

[Sunshine]

That’s awesome, now youre hooked because it only gets better as you learn more and work your way from one scope to another (because it happens to all of us) wait till you see Saturn’s rings for the first time.

[Moonshed]

6 hours ago, Bugdozer said:

........As you get used to looking at it over time, you will find you gradually discern more detail in the clouds. 

Just as well really considering how much cloud we get to see.

[LunarRob]

3 hours ago, Sunshine said:

That’s awesome, now youre hooked because it only gets better as you learn more and work your way from one scope to another (because it happens to all of us) wait till you see Saturn’s rings for the first time.

Sure am, funny you should mention that see my other post on here…. Saw Saturn too!

[DirkSteele]

Congrats. Always a best view and that first one will stay with you. The great thing about Jupiter and it’s moons is over short periods of time you can easily see changes in the orbits and cloud features. It’s one of the few things we can watch that change quickly l.

[Richard N]

It was being shown Jupiter and its moons that rekindled my interest in astronomy. It’s really quite an amazing sight. 

Edited October 24, 2023 by Richard N

[dweller25]

@LunarRob

if you look straight up from Jupiter you will eventually find the Andromeda galaxy, a spiral galaxy like ours 3.1 million light years away.

Do you have “Stellarium” ?  its free sky map software that shows where things are 

[LunarRob]

On 29/10/2023 at 08:21, dweller25 said:

@LunarRob

if you look straight up from Jupiter you will eventually find the Andromeda galaxy, a spiral galaxy like ours 3.1 million light years away.

Do you have “Stellarium” ?  its free sky map software that shows where things are 

I do. I’ve got app and planisphere so reading through them though think I would need to get to a darker sight to see it

[dweller25]

26 minutes ago, LunarRob said:

I think I would need to get to a darker sight to see it

Maybe not, I live just North of Manchester under light polluted skies and can see it in the 50mm finder scope.