APOD: 2019 October 5 - Jupiter and the Moons

Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Jupiter and the Moons." Did you notice the conjunction in the early evening sky this week? I know I did. Just after nightfall, our Moon and Jupiter were quite close together. In this blend of short and long exposures, we can see the Moon in both sunlight and faint earthshine. At lower right are Jupiter and its four Galilean moons (left to right, Ganymede, [Jupiter], Io, Europa, and Callisto). Ganymede, Io, and Callisto are actually larger than Earth's Moon. Europa is slightly smaller.