Friday, July 11, 2008

Jupiter, finally

"That one is Jupiter" Jan is looking at the eastern sky at the only bright dot visible in there.
"Holy Crap it is Jupiter! You can see the moons! Check it out" I'm looking through a telescope the size of Doris.
"Oh, that's Jupiter? That's the biggest one?"
"Do you see it's four moons?"
"Yeah"
We went to the planetarium.
It's a dome at the center is an archaic piece of hardware. Cogs, lens, shafts all dance silently remaking the night sky at the twist of a lever.
Cool

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