SUNDAY BEST #403 - VENUS ON BIN NIGHT

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Taking out the rubbish bins on Sunday night, couldn't help noticing Venus up in the Western sky. Yep, that's the Evening Star...

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Last week, Lydia in Sydney posted this lovely photo of Piha Beach in New Zealand. Please visit her blog for more great shots.

SUNDAY BEST #397 - COMET A3

Welcome to the meme, "My Sunday Best", which is a photographic and creative meme that allows you to showcase your talents in imaging. Every Sunday, you can post here showing an image you have created using your camera, (and/or) image processing software, and/or painting and drawing in the conventional way and have scanned in.

The rules are simple:

1) Create your image and post it up on your blog;

2) Put the "My Sunday Best" logo image link somewhere on your post so people can click and come by here;

3) Leave a comment here once you have posted;

4) Visit other posters' blogs and be amazed with their creativity.

Please do not use this meme to advertise our goods or services. This is a creative meme and any inappropriate links or comments shall be removed immediately.

Right now, south of the equator, amateur astronomers are watching a comet that's just emerged from behind the sun. Soon, it will be the turn of observers in the Northern Hemisphere, but will Comet A3 — also known as C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) — really become one of the brightest comets visible in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 100 years, as claimed by Star Walk? Or even potentially visible in daylight during October, as Sky & Telescope suggests?

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Last week, Rupam Sarma from India posted this lovely shot. Please visit his blog for more great photos.

POINT OF VIEW

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also the Seasons meme.

JUPITER AND MOONS

The brightest 'star' on the top part of the first image is in fact the planet Jupiter. Even if you are not familiar with the night sky, Jupiter’s brightness means that it is very easy to find. Jupiter will be the brightest 'star' (-2.6 magnitude) you can see.

Jupiter is so large (approximately 1,200 Earths by volume) that even a reasonable pair of binoculars will resolve Jupiter as a disc plus show four of its largest ('Galilean') moons. The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei around January 1610. They are by far the largest of the moons of Jupiter. They are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto and derive their names from the lovers of Zeus. However, in total there are 67 confirmed moons of Jupiter!

I took these photos from my bedroom window. The first photo shows Jupiter in the upper centre of the image. For the close up of Jupiter I used a 30X optical zoom as well as an additional 30X digital zoom. Three of the four Galilean moons are visible.

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme,
and also part of the Friday Photo Journal.