Despite occurring on similar time scales, Jupiter's opposition and its perigee very rarely coincide, making this a rare unmissable chance to view the massive planet.
Jupiter will be directly opposite the sun as seen from Earth on Monday , allowing skywatchers to see the solar system's largest planet in incredible detail during an event known as opposition.
During opposition the planet will be in the Pisces constellation and be visible for most of the night, rising when the sun sets and disappearing when the sun rises. You can watch an online webcast of Jupiter at opposition on Tuesday beginning at 4:30 p.m. EDT thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project .According to In-The-Sky.org , Jupiter will be visible overnight from New York between 7:33 p.m. EDT on Sept. 26 and 06:08 a.m. on Tuesday .
Jupiter moves in opposition roughly every 13 months at which time it is larger and brighter in the sky than usual. While the separation of over 350 million miles between Earth and the gas giant which may seem anything but 'close,' the greatest distance between our planet and Jupiter is around 600 million miles .
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