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May and June will be great months to look at the planet Jupiter. It’ll be bright throughout the night, in the constellation Libra. While you’re planet-gazing, look for reddish Mars, and bright sparkling Venus. The mornings of May 4th and 5th, Saturn will be near the moon. Eta Aquariid meteors should peak that night! Watch those skies!
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Starting this month, you can see a triangle made from Jupiter and 2 other stars, which won’t happen again until the year 20 30. Jupiter’s Triangle will last until September, giving you time to learn about astronomy in order to locate it! Jupiter, Arcturus and Spica will form an isosceles triangle, gradually changing shape each night.
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NASA’s Juno mission is uncovering some of Jupiter’s secrets. Its cyclones at its poles have polygonal shapes. A storm near the south pole is pentagon-shaped! Juno has also showed us Jupiter’s aurora, lights caused by electrical currents in the magnetosphere. It also revealed that Jupiter had deep zones and belts of clouds.
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft beamed back stunning images of swirling clouds on Jupiter taken during its last flyby. One photograph shows 8 massive rotating storms, nicknamed the String of Pearls. Storms on Jupiter often produce lightning which can be hundreds of times more powerful than on Earth. Juno’s next close flyby will occur December 16th.
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