Jupiter Is the Closest It’s Been to Earth All Year – How to See It with a Small Telescope
Each night offers a wonderful opportunity to gaze at the stars through a telescope (unless it’s overcast), but if you need a reason, Jupiter is preparing for some stunningly close encounters. At its most distant, Jupiter is approximately 601 million miles from Earth, but it approaches as near as 365 million miles, depending on the arrangement of the planets in their orbits, providing us with unique, up-close views of this gas giant.