By Jove: Our 2016 Guide to Jupiter at Opposition

Ready to explore the largest planet in our solar system? The month of March heralds the return of Jupiter to evening skies. Early March 2016 sees the planet Jupiter starting off the month less than one degree from the star Sigma Leonis. Opposition occurs on March 8th, at 11:00 Universal Time (UT). Watch out for those double shadow transits, as we're in the midst of a season of favorable events involving the Jovian moons (See last week's post). During opposition, the four large major moons of Jup...