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To: BenLurkin
Jupiter will be well positioned for viewing well after the 10th. I believe June 10 is first quarter moon, so for a week or so after that moonlight will make seeing the moons harder.

Remarkably Galileo discovered the four large moons of Jupiter without binoculars!

17 posted on 06/05/2019 7:42:51 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

He discovered them with a telescope.


19 posted on 06/05/2019 7:45:29 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Verginius Rufus
Remarkably Galileo discovered the four large moons of Jupiter without binoculars!

He must have had eyes like Schiff's


53 posted on 06/07/2019 6:40:09 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (AOC: The brain of a tea bisquit)
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