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    THE PLANETS

    Jun 15, 2023 3 minutes

    PICK OF THE MONTH

    Jupiter

    Best time to see: 31 July

    Altitude: 30°

    Location: Aries

    Direction: East-southeast

    Features: Complex atmosphere, Galilean moons

    Recommended equipment: 75mm or larger

    Jupiter manages a decent altitude under dawn twilight by the end of July. Currently a morning planet, mag. -2.1 Jupiter appears 2.9° from a 29%-lit waning crescent Moon on the morning of 12 July, rising above the east-northeast horizon around 01:20 BST (00:20 UT).

    The planet has moved east from Pisces where it was

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