Jupiter will be in opposition when Jupiter and the sun are on opposite sides of Earth at the same time Monday night. The gas giant will be close to Earth all night, reaching about 367 million miles from our home planet. The best way to view Jupiter’s close-up will be with a pair of binoculars or a telescope. The Great Red Spot has been observed for at least 150 years but could be even older. Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field creates aurora lights as we see on Earth but at both the planet’s poles. Its largest moons are known as the Galilean satellites, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.Read Long Article
