Friday, August 07, 2009

Welcome to 1610!


09-AugustMoon-1518, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Had no idea my modest gear would be able to resolve any of the moons from other planets in our solar system, but I was able to get this clear shot of Jupiter and the 4 moons that Galileo discovered in 1610 sitting just under and to the right of the brilliant full moon last night!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_moons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

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