No, it’s not a flying saucer as some woos fear. The giant planet Jupiter currently shines brilliantly in the constellation Gemini. It will appear in opposition to the Sun on 2014 JAN 05. Around that date it will be rising in the east-northeast at sunset, transiting your meridian at local midnight, and setting in the west-northwest at sunrise. These events will occur four or five minutes earlier each succeeding day.
My more detailed description of the current Jupiter apparition appears on my Jupiter webpage: www.CurtRenz.com/jupiter
On that webpage you’ll find a number of Jupiter charts that I have created, including preview graphics of Jupiter’s four large Galilean satellites and their shadow transits across the planet. Those great satellites can be viewed with a small telescope or binoculars. In fact if you can block out the view of Jupiter, you may be able to detect them with your naked eyes.
Photos and descriptions of Jupiter and its natural satellites would be welcome additions to this thread.
My more detailed description of the current Jupiter apparition appears on my Jupiter webpage: www.CurtRenz.com/jupiter
On that webpage you’ll find a number of Jupiter charts that I have created, including preview graphics of Jupiter’s four large Galilean satellites and their shadow transits across the planet. Those great satellites can be viewed with a small telescope or binoculars. In fact if you can block out the view of Jupiter, you may be able to detect them with your naked eyes.
Photos and descriptions of Jupiter and its natural satellites would be welcome additions to this thread.
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