and on any clear night this month, rising in the east, and clearly visible by 8:00PM-- Jupiter..

if you are lucky, you can even see it set in the AM. at 7AM, (the sun has already risen in NYC at that time)- but, low in the western sky, jupiter is not quite set yet.. it is about as bright as the moon.. clearly visible! in all my years i have never seen venus as morning star, still visible after the sun rose!
Jupiter's "day" is 9 hours (to our 24) and later this month, when it rises even earlier, it will be possible to watch a full day on jupiter (if you stay up all night)
It's enough for me to catch sight of the red spot (you need only the simplest of telescopes--i don't have one that needs a tripod.-- its barely more than a child scope)


my other obsession