Skywatchers will get a chance to see Jupiter without a telescope as it makes its closest approach to Earth in over 60 years this month.
could change Earth forever. Despite its size, seeing Jupiter from Earth without a telescope is a rare treat. This month sky watchers will get a chance to see Jupiter without a telescope as it reaches “opposition” on September 26.
What makes this opposition especially intriguing is that astronomers say Jupiter won’t be this close to Earth again for another 107 years. That means this is the only chance any of us alive right now will get to see Jupiter so closely without a telescope. Venus, Jupiter, and several other planets form a planetary conjunction in this illustration from NASA. Image source: NASA/Marshall
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