Norfolk Island Stargazing by Peter Davies

The Moons of Jupiter

In the Norfolk Island night sky

The NEW Moon is happening today on 27^th August. This means that by around Wednesday this week we will again start to see the crescent moon appearing low in the western sky, just around sunset. The main objects able to be seen in the night sky this week are the constellation of Scorpio, the Red Giant Antares, the Southern Cross, Saturn and now clearly seen shining brightly in the eastern night sky is the planet Jupiter.

Did you know?

…the planet Jupiter is the largest world in the solar system. It has 79 known moons and a thin dusty ring. Its four largest moons are called the Galileans, after astronomer ​Galileo Galilei, who discovered them in 1610. The individual moon names are Callisto, Europa, ​Ganymede, and Io, and come from Greek mythology. Io is a moon full of volcanos spewing out sulphur, Europa in contrast has an ice crust with water under the ice. Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system measuring around 44% the size of our planet Earth and Callisto is the third largest moon in our solar system.

Astronomy quote

“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” ~ Albert Einstein.

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