Credit: Mike Salway

JUPITER

Visibility of Jupiter in 2008:

JUPITER can be seen towards the end of the first week of January just before sunrise in Sagittarius in which constellation it remains throughout the year. Its westward elongation gradually increases and from mid-April it can be seen for more than half the night. It is at opposition on July 9 when it is visible throughout the night. Its eastward elongation then decreases and from early October until the end of the year it can only be seen in the evening sky.

Jupiter is in conjunction with Venus on February 1 (at 13^h Venus 0.6^o N of Jupiter) and December 1 (at 01^h Venus 2^o S of Jupiter) and with Mercury on December 31 (at 06^h Mercury 1.3^o S of Jupiter).

DO NOT CONFUSE:

(1) Venus with Jupiter from late January to early February and late November to early December, on all occasions Venus is the brighter object.

(2) Jupiter with Mercury in late December when Jupiter is the brighter object.

Jan. 1

18^h 13.1^m

-23^o 14'

-1.8^m

July 11

19^h 14.9^m

-22^o 31'

-2.7^m

Feb. 2

18^h 44.0^m

-22^o 56'

-1.9^m

Aug. 12

18^h 59.6^m

-23^o 00'

-2.7^m

Mar. 5

19^h 10.6^m

-22^o 22'

-2.0^m

Sept. 13

18^h 54.8^m

-23^o 09'

-2.5^m

Apr. 6

19^h 29.3^m

-21^o 50'

-2.2^m

Oct. 15

19^h 03.7^m

-22^o 58'

-2.3^m

May 8

19^h 36.6^m

-21^o 38'

-2.5^m

Nov. 16

19^h 23.8^m

-22^o 25'

-2.1^m

June 9

19^h 30.7^m

-21^o 55'

-2.7^m

Dec. 18

19^h 51.3^m

-21^o 23'

-2.0^m

Note: All time moments are given in Universal Time (UT) units.
For Kyiv Local_Time=UT+2^h (and Local_Time=UT+3^h for summer time).