Steady, bright and creamy white. Its four largest moons are visible in binoculars, which is the single most rewarding thing you can do with a cheap pair.
Steady, bright and creamy white. Its four largest moons are visible in binoculars, which is the single most rewarding thing you can do with a cheap pair.
At the moment Jupiter shines at magnitude -1.8 and lies 6.29 astronomical units from Earth. Its position on the sky is right ascension 8.73 hours, declination +18.6°.
Planets shine with a steady light while stars twinkle. That is not folklore: stars are point sources and the atmosphere smears them, whereas a planet presents a tiny disc that averages out the turbulence. If it is bright and calm, it is a planet.