Would you like to see what the Pope refused to see? Do you have binoculars?

[Bad Billy]

Step outside tonight with your binoculars. Look south and not too high up (unless you are in the southern hemisphere). You will see what appears to be a very bright star. You can't miss it.
The star has two other tiny little stars next to it about the two oclock position. You may have to brace yourself against a wall to see it more clearly. Well........tomorrow night look again.
Tomorrow you will see FOUR tiny stars lined up next to the big one. There will be two on each side!
Is this a sign of the apocalypse?
Is this a message from Satan?
Is this Jupiter and its moons? YUP!
When Galaleo showed this for the time, it almost cost him his life. Jupiter has four moons that we can see with even simple binoculars. As these moons change position around Jupiter, they proved to us that our Earth is not the center of the Universe, and that everything in space does not revolve around us.
Go on. Get up off your butt and go look.

[???b???]

I would but it's raining right now.

[brilliantly8tIndigosquirtAMVAVT]

What color is Jupiter tonight? I have woods to my south.

[TylerDHamlin]

hey i think i'll check that out. to bad the pope has to be so close minded. damn him.

[Carlos_dfc]

Originally Posted by Bad Billy

There will be two on each side!

Not neccesarily
There MAY be two on each side - but there also may be 3 one side, and 1 on the other - or even all 4 on the same side accasionally.

If you watch on successive nights, you'll see that the moons change positions from one night to the next, as they 'dance' around the parent planet.
Sometimes, you might only see 3 of them, or even 2 - this is because occasionally one will be behind the planet, or maybe in front of it.

In a large telescope, when one passes in front of the planet, you can sometimes see the shadow of the moon in front, on the surface of the planet.