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This apod blog post is a beautiful photo of the moon and the planet Jupiter upon the evening sky. The photo was taken in a small town of Weikersheim in southern Germany. Germany is experiencing the summer season right now. The photo was taken by photographer Jens Hackmann. The moon is a conjunction of a full moon. The title of the photo is recognizing Galileo and his achivments, about 400 years ago the astronomy would not be able to resist observing the moon on a night like this. The large moons of Jupiter now are known as the Galilean Moons after Galileo and his observations made on Jupiter and the moons. You can see tiny pinpoints of lights near Jupiter in this photo. Just a little reminder how amazing astronomy is and how it is represented in this photo.