Hail Jupiter!

The planet Jupiter glows bright in the eastern sky, positioned in the constellation Pisces in this image captured around 9:20 PM, Friday, October 1, 2010. Upon close inspection, Jupiter shows a slight bulge in the lower left part of its disc--caused by the camera's inability to fully resolve the moons Europa and Ganymede, in close orbit around the parent planet. This ten-second exposure was shot from the eastern boundary of Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at f/5.6 with a focal length of 62mm and an ISO rating of 640. The brownish-gray smudges at left are drifting clouds moving from left to right.