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pastarocket · 09-26-2022, 09:30 PM

This is the closest that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is from Earth since 1963.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...75badbe10/amp/

Jupiter is viewable like a distant star for much of the year, but it will be especially bright and detailed in the night sky on Sept. 26-27 because it’s closer than it’s been to Earth since 1963 — yup, in nearly six decades.

We asked Marley Leacock, an astronomer and science educator with Vancouver’s H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, a few questions about how best to watch tonight’s rare space spectacle.

When is the best time to see it?
“Jupiter is in the sky pretty much all night,” says Leacock. “It rises in the east at around 7 p.m. and sets at about 7 a.m. tomorrow. The best time to view would be when it is highest in the sky, around 1 a.m. on Sept. 27.”

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pastarocket Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Vancouver Posts: 10,684 Thanked 4,483 Times in 2,231 Posts Failed 699 Times in 223 Posts Member's Picture Albums	This is the closest that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is from Earth since 1963. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...75badbe10/amp/ Jupiter is viewable like a distant star for much of the year, but it will be especially bright and detailed in the night sky on Sept. 26-27 because it’s closer than it’s been to Earth since 1963 — yup, in nearly six decades. We asked Marley Leacock, an astronomer and science educator with Vancouver’s H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, a few questions about how best to watch tonight’s rare space spectacle. When is the best time to see it? “Jupiter is in the sky pretty much all night,” says Leacock. “It rises in the east at around 7 p.m. and sets at about 7 a.m. tomorrow. The best time to view would be when it is highest in the sky, around 1 a.m. on Sept. 27.” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Go Canucks go!