Night Sky Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/night-sky/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:13:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Night Sky Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/night-sky/ 32 32 2696646 Viewing the Moons of Jupiter https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/11/viewing-the-moons-of-jupiter/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/11/viewing-the-moons-of-jupiter/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:36:10 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9241 We had an amazing view of the Gallilean Moons of Jupiter last night. It was a lovely, clear, still night and Jupiter could be clearly seen in the South South East, shining brigher than all the stars around it. We could see the Milky Way too, but with a pair of standard binoculars it was...

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