Tomorrow/Daytime-Jupiter & Moon close together

[circumpolar (Matt)]

Jupiter will be next to the Moon all day tomorrow. As they rise together at around 8am, they will remain quite close untill moonset later that evening.

How to find Jupiter in the day!
At about 2pm in the afternoon, the crescent moon will be high in the sky not far from zenith. This is an excellent time to find Jupiter. First face towards the sun WNW. Imagine a line starting from the left 'horn' of the crescent to the right 'horn'. Now extend this line a distance of two (2) finger widths (or about two times the diametre of the moon) towards the right and you will find Jupiter! These two objects stay this close for most of the day but this imaginary line running from horn to horn is at about 2pm and an hour or two ether side.

Enjoy with binos, telescope or try your naked eye!

[Dennis]

Thanks - must give this a try!

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy (David)]

dang wished I read this last night, I would have brought in to work the trusty Pentax K10D and the 50-500 with the circular polar filter!! Thanks Matt

[vindictive666 (John)]

nope not here just the usual clouds clouds and some more clouds

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

dang wished I read this last night, I would have brought in to work the trusty Pentax K10D and the 50-500 with the circular polar filter!! Thanks Matt

Why not give it a try when you get home Sherlock?

[circumpolar (Matt)]

Originally Posted by circumpolar

Enjoy with binos, telescope or try your naked eye!

I tried first with my eyes...... Nope.
Then with binos..... Nope.

And finally with the telescope....... YEP!

I was surprised how hard it was with the binos.

[h0ughy (David)]

glad you found it. By the time I got home a southerly change came through and we had very strong winds and broken cloud, made it very difficult until the early evening.