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Jupiter - located in Sagittarius. Jupiter is due south around 11 pm at mid-month and remains well-placed till 1 or 2 am. The "king of the planets" will be magnitude -2.6 with an apparent diameter of 45 arc-seconds. Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a large anti-cyclone, can be seen centered on the planet's disc at the following times (EDT):
08/02/2008, 11:33 pm; 08/05/2008, 09:03 pm; 08/07/2008, 10:41 pm; 08/10/2008, 12:19 am; 08/12/2008, 09:49 pm; 08/14/2008, 11:27 pm; 08/17/2008, 08:57 pm; 08/19/2008, 10:35 pm; 08/22/2008, 12:13 am; 08/24/2008, 09:43 pm; 08/26/2008, 11:22 pm; 08/29/2008, 08:51 pm; 08/31/2008, 10:30 pm
For detailed postions of Jupiter's Moons try this interactive javascript utility.
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