On Sunday night we have a great conjunction, or what I like to call a celestial hugging, between the nearly full moon and the planet Jupiter in the southern Butler sky.

The moon and the largest planet in our solar system will only be separated by three degrees. That’s the width of three of your fingers together held at arm’s length. It should be quite a sight that you won’t want to miss. Let’s hope and pray for clear skies.

With even a small telescope you can have a field day, or should I say night. Check out the mountains and craters of the moon, as well as Jupiter’s moons that resemble little stars on either side of the planet.

You might even see some of the cloud bands on Jupiter and maybe the great red spot that’s three times the diameter of Earth. The red spot is a storm that’s been raging in Jupiter’s atmosphere for hundreds of years.

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