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Speaking of Jupiter, you can now see it easily by eye after sunset. It's currently rising (breaking the horizon) at around 6:15pm (eastern time, U.S.). In fact, it is so bright that you might think it's the headlight of an approaching airplane. Distance from Earth at this time: almost exactly 400 million miles.

Note: although it's 'rising' at around 6pm ET, depending on your viewing location (obstructions etc), it likely won't be high enough for you to see it for another hour or so.

A good website for rising and setting times for the planets, also for viewable International Space Station (ISS) passes, and there are currently some bright ones over parts of the United States, is Heavens-Above.com:
http://heavens-above.com/

Finally, Venus is just now beginning to emerge again as an "evening star". However, you probably won't be able to see it easily for another few weeks, when it moves more eastward of the Sun. At that time, look west after sunset for a spectacular white light. It will eventually be even brighter than Jupiter is at the moment.

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"Speaking of Jupiter, you can now see it easily by eye after sunset. It's currently rising (breaking the horizon) at around 6:15pm (eastern time, U.S.)."

Of course, due to the spinning of Earth on its axis, all object appear to 'rise' in the east and set in the west.

[wideminded]

Speaking of Jupiter, you can now see it easily by eye after sunset.

I thought that's what I was seeing but I wasn't sure.

[Lurker]

Last month we met an astronomer on the beach in Negril. He had a fairly powerful telescope set up, and we were able to see Jupiter and 4 moons.

It was pretty amazing, standing there on a beautiful tropical beach gazing up at a planet and it's moons hundreds of millions of miles away.

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