Just now when I was going to bed, I switched off the light, turned back the covers and was trying to get into bed but was instead practically struck between the eyes by one of the six brightest objects in the sky. I was really sleepy but the planet was really beckoning so I checked it out.
The big spot turned out to be Jupiter. Three of its moons are showing tonight and, this is a first, I can see a couple of its bands. They make Jupiter look like it has a big equals sign on it.
It was a good ten miutes of viewing on the Celestron telescope. Only thing is, now I'm wide awake.
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