Massive planet Jupiter will make its closest pass to Earth in 59 years tonight (Monday, September 26), becoming easily visible in the night sky. The largest planet in the Solar System will be especially large and bright as it rises in the east at sunset.
People will be able to clearly see the planet, and anyone with even a simple pair of binoculars or basic telescope should be able to see stripes o the planet's surface and some of its largest moons.
Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center research astrophysicist Adam Kobelski said: “Outside of the Moon, it should be one of the (if not the) brightest objects in the night sky.”
