THIS MONTH’S PLANETS

PLANET OF THE MONTH

JUPITER

Constellation: Capricornus

Magnitude:-2.8

AM/PM: PM

Jupiter will be visible all through the night, a lovely sight to the naked eye, through binoculars or in the eyepiece of a telescope. Finding it will be easy: as the western sky begins to darken, turn your back on the deepening twilight so you are facing the southeast and you’ll see a blue-white ‘star’ glinting above the horizon. That’s Jupiter, and as the sky darkens the planet will become