Jupiter is now visible in the eastern sky right. On the East Coast it is currently about the height of a 2-story home. They say you can view 4 of its moons with strong binoculars or a telescope.
https://www.space.com/jupiter-opposition-closest-approach-skywatching
Yes sir. Closest it will be for our life time.
Is it flat like Earth? REEEEEEeeeeeeeeee
What do you mean now? It's visible for at least a few months out of the year.
It's the closest it's been in 59 years tonight.
Excellent. Had a good view the other night. Didn't realize it was closest.
Yeah, a few weeks ago I looked up and I was like “is that Venus?”. That didn’t make sense as I knew that Venus is closer to the Sun and bright Venus is usually visible near the Sun at sunrise or near the Sun after sunset. I usually can find Jupiter pretty easily as well as it is bright, but not Venus bright. So, I looked it up and low and behold it is brighter than normal because it is closer.
I meant at this time of night while it is the closest it's been in more than half a century. I dug out my cheap telescope which I have never used, and it is cool AF.
Dude thanks, it’s yuge here
And of course it's cloudy AF tonight here.
We've been watching it for months but I didn't know it was at perigee tonight. It's been pretty bright so far.
Shame that it's looking like it will be cloudy. I've got good binoculars and I'd like to see it.
Ahhhhh... now that the flatfags are gone we can FINALLY have adult conversations bout our solar system!
Jupiter tends to be very large and blue, Mars very red, you'll rarely see Venus unless you catch it at dawn or rarely at sunset. There is a reason Venus is the morning star. I highly recommend downloading a celestial body app if you're interested in tracking stars and constellations. It helps a bunch identifying things in the sky and they are free. Everything tracks at very specific degree angles. 45 degrees for planets are a good start.
Awesome, thanks!
Really dumb comment...
Not as dumb as flat Earth