The planet Jupiter is the closest to the earth that it has been
in 47 years. Watch from sunset to midnight to catch the clearest
glimpse you will get in your lifetime. I found this on AOL
Science News where you can read the entire article: CAPE
CANAVERAL, Fla. (Sept. 19) – Better catch Jupiter this week in
the night sky. It won’t be that big or bright again until 2022.
Jupiter will pass 368 million miles from Earth late Monday, its
closest approach since 1963. You can see it low in the east
around dusk. Around midnight, it will be directly overhead.
That’s because Earth will be passing between Jupiter and the
sun, into the wee hours of Tuesday. The solar system’s largest
planet already appears as an incredibly bright star – three
times brighter than the brightest star in the sky, Sirius. The
only thing brighter in the night sky right now is our moon.
Binoculars and telescopes will dramatically improve the view as
Jupiter, along with its many moons, rises in the east as the sun
sets. “Jupiter is so bright righ