Jupiter

2022 - 9 - 27

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Pictures of Jupiter Last Night, Monday, September 26, 2022 (Green Matters)

People captured some incredible pictures of Jupiter close to Earth last night, Sept. 26, 2022.

Even though Jupiter is still hundreds of thousands of miles away from us on Earth, the Gas Giant never felt closer than it did last night. Perhaps the most impressive image taken of Jupiter on Sept. People across every corner of our home planet gazed upwards to catch a glimpse of the Gas Giant, and fortunately, many people captured some incredible [Jupiter and a few of its moons](https://twitter.com/jurneesphotos/status/1574626880455483392). [Home](https://www.greenmatters.com/)> [Big Impact](https://www.greenmatters.com/big-impact)> [News](https://www.greenmatters.com/news) 26.](https://www.greenmatters.com/news/when-will-jupiter-be-closest-to-earth)

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Jupiter reaches its biggest and brightest in nearly 60 years (Astronomy Magazine)

The shadow of Ganymede falls across Jupiter in this image taken by NASA's Juno probe. The shadow seems especially large in this image because of how close ...

After opposition, this order is reversed: The satellite begins its transit and the shadow follows. When a satellite lies in front of the brighter zones, however, it’s hard to see unless you follow it from the time the transit starts. A shadow transit happens when a moon’s shadow moves across Jupiter’s disk. A transit occurs when a moon moves in front of the planet. Moons always disappear into occultation at the west side of Jupiter and reappear at the planet’s east side. The GRS has a north-south width of 8,700 miles (14,000 km) and a variable east-west width that was measured at some 25,000 miles (40,000 km) in the 1890s.

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Jupiter is closest to Earth in 59 years; Expert gives viewing advice (mlive.com)

Jupiter will be spectacular in the sky for an extended time period according to an expert astronomer. Mike Murray, Program Director at the Delta College ...

He will give a short program on Jupiter, and then we will go to the telescope to see Jupiter. If you really want to get a good viewing of Jupiter, Murray invites you to ‘Observe Jupiter’ night on Friday, November 11 at 8:30 p.m. Murray says that Jupiter will be spectacular in the eastern sky for about two months. The difference each night will be that Jupiter will rise later and later. Murray likes this time to view Jupiter because you don’t have to stay up late at night to see the giant planet. Usually our one night chances are covered with clouds.

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'Thrilled' Vancouverites share jaw-dropping snaps of rare Jupiter event (Vancouver Is Awesome)

The largest planet in our solar system was in direct opposition to the sun while it approached perigee. Check out some pictures. When will it happen again?

[pic.twitter.com/7Qgrlyj4YI] [September 27, 2022] Lol I took a stick (raccoons) and went outside to see Jupiter and this is all I got. [pic.twitter.com/Da03iMCdEG] [September 27, 2022] [https://t.co/iHjqTpEEtm] [pic.twitter.com/V31fqSmzY5] [September 27, 2022] [pic.twitter.com/uID3irbfmn] [September 27, 2022] Couldn’t make out the gaseous cloud bands, but it’s still cool to see. I took the very best image I could (stacked top 10% of 5000 frames) to get this! [pic.twitter.com/y1Z0j9HBjb] [September 27, 2022] at 3:40AM this morning, Jupiter was very close to earth and its great red spot was facing it. He adds that the planet's "great red spot" was facing Earth. Tyler Black shared a spellbinding, highly-detailed photo of the planet on Twitter that he captured at 3:40 a.m. Additionally, it looked especially large due to its close proximity to Earth.

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Ready for its close-up: Vancouver Islanders snap spectacular ... (CHEK)

With Jupiter the closest it's been to Earth in nearly six decades, Vancouver Island's astrophotographers were ready.

[Northern Lights](https://www.cheknews.ca/aurora-borealis-and-meteors-light-up-the-vancouver-island-sky-592310/) and a meteor striking a “ [super blood wolf moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG11hRmSsp4)“, decided to try to capture his first-ever shot of the gas giant. While you can glimpse it in the night sky for much of the year, Jupiter was glowing bright Monday as it not only was the closest it’s been since October 1963, but also was in opposition — a term to describe when a celestial object rises in the east as the sun sets in the west. On a night when the solar system’s largest planet was the closest it’s been to Earth in nearly six decades, Vancouver Island’s astrophotographers were ready.

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Seeing Jupiter has never been so easy as it hasn't been this close to ... (News Talk 980 CJME)

“When you go out tonight, probably 30 minutes after sunset, take a look in the eastern sky and look for that brightest star and what you're going to see is ...

For those stuck looking at clouds or simply forget, you’ll still have multiple opportunities to see it as it’ll be visible for months, dimming over time. Those who miss out over the next couple of months will have to wait for around another 60 years to see Jupiter this bright again. While Jupiter can be seen on most nights, it’s very rarely this bright.

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ATLANTIC SKIES: Almost a star: Bright Jupiter reigns supreme at ... (SaltWire Network)

At 5 p.m. ADT (5:30 p.m. NDT), on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, our solar system's largest planet, Jupiter, currently the brightest object in the night sky ...

-2.9, in Pisces — the Fish), at opposition on the 26th, rises due east around 7:30 p.m., becoming visible seven degrees above the horizon shortly before 8 p.m., reaching a height of 43 degrees above the southern horizon just after 1 a.m. +0.4, in Capricornus — the Sea Goat) becomes visually accessible when it reaches a height of 17 degrees above the southeast horizon by about 7 p.m., reaching a height of 27 degrees above the southern horizon by 10:15 p.m. The exact opposition dates and distances between Earth and Jupiter vary due to the fact that the orbits of the solar system planets are not circular, but slightly elliptical. 26 an hour or so after sunset and look upwards above the eastern horizon for the brightest, non-twinkling object in the sky. Roberts lives in Stratford, P.E.I., and has been an avid amateur astronomer since he was a small child. Although its atmosphere is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, much like our sun, Jupiter is sometimes held up as an example of a failed star. These four moons are sometimes referred to as the Galilean moons (or satellites), after the Italian astronomer, Galileo Galilei (known simply as Galileo), who first observed them through his homemade telescope in 1610. Great views of Jupiter can also be seen on the nights preceding and following opposition. Jupiter's father was Saturn, the Roman god of wealth and agriculture; his mother was Ops, the Roman goddess of the earth. It is the largest planet in the solar system and is twice as massive as all the other planets combined. His name is derived from the Greek root diu, meaning bright. 2, 1951 and won't be as close again until the year 2129.

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Jupiter will still be very visible over next few days: astronomers ... (CityNews Edmonton)

By Mark Neufeld. Posted Sep 27, 2022, 4:53PM MDT. Last Updated Sep 27, 2022, 5:26PM MDT. Did you miss out on seeing Jupiter Monday night due to bad weather ...

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