Starry Sky

Lately in the evenings I've been watching a bright "star" in the southeast, and when I went out around midnight, I was amazed at how brightly it glowed — over the past weeks the moon shone brightly and I hadn't noticed it. I decided to photograph this object a few times — though it's more likely a planet. With ten-times optical zoom nothing came out clearly in the photo:

I wonder whether, with the SP-500UZ, it's possible to capture the moons of Jupiter or something similar (for example, the clear outlines of the planet), even as a pixel, and what settings would be needed for that? By now I've already read that this is Jupiter, I ought to look at it through binoculars, but I'd somehow have to fix it in place — it won't attach to a tripod. Although you can sort of make out the moons in the shot, the 4-second exposure is a bit much. It's a pity that lately watching the stars also upsets me, stirring up negative emotions toward computers, and toward myself too. Especially if you look at the Big Dipper when there's no moon and few artificial lights:

More precisely at the stars Mizar and Alcor in its tail:

And I can't make out the second of the two, even though I used to see it just fine. I don't pass the traditional eyesight test... Never mind, in a week or two it'll be more fun to watch, I'll be able to make many wishes :) Tonight I've already seen a couple of meteors in a few minutes, one small one flew parallel to the horizon in the southeast, starting from the south. The second, fairly bright, flew near the tail of the Big Dipper, possibly from the Perseids. I love meteors, after all it's thanks to them I achieved something in life. I know that under the current circumstances, second place in the country at the Junior Academy of Sciences in astronomy doesn't matter at all, but I proved something to myself.