Beautiful Sight Expected In The Skies Tonight

The moon and planet Jupiter will be able to be seen with your naked

eyes. And, with some basic binoculars, you’ll be able to see even more.

(Photo: UW Space Place)

Excerpt from wric.com


Just look up! Monday night, you’ll be able to see a beautiful sight.

Jupiter and the moon will be the brightest objects in the sky. And, with

some basic binoculars, you’ll be able to see even more.

The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, will be pairing up

with the moon Monday night. The moon makes a pass by Jupiter, and every

planet, at some point each month during its orbit. Monday night, the

moon will appear fairly large, called a waxing gibbous moon, and that

only happens every few years, according to Jim Lattis, Director of UW

Space Place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“But the interest need not be in whether it’s unusual.  Rather, it’s a

beautiful sight and leads people to look up and think about

astronomical things and our place among them,” Lattis said.

After Venus sets, Jupiter and the moon will be the two brightest

objects in the sky. Jupiter and the moon will reach the high point in

our skies in late evening. With binoculars or a telescope, you’ll even

be able to see some of Jupiter’s Galilean moons. They’ll look like

little points of light.

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