Jupiter as most of you may now know is closer to Earth in our separate orbits. In fact it was recently in opposition. If you all have a decent telescope I highly recommend taking a look. The accompanying photo is a simple cell phone snap shot of the planet and 3 of the 4 moons normally viewed with it. I believe they are known as the Jovian moons. Our blog creator has a much better photo taken with purposely made and used gear but he has to share that one lol
Thanks and good job observing our solar system! My Jupiter with moons will be shared in the next Photo of the Week. Astro images can be viewed in the new Space section.