<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">Stargazers across the world were left mesmerized when they caught the closest glimpse of the giant gas planet with its four moons......some of them lucky souls saw it with just binoculars.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;People took to twitter with its images and videos by saying</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Faustina, serif; font-size: 20px;"><b>"After staying up all night shooting it, here is my shot of Jupiter at 'Opposition'. This is the closest it has been to Earth in 59 years,"</b> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">tweeted Andrew McCarthy, a stargazer from Arizona state in the US.</span></span></p><p><img src="/media/django-summernote/2022-09-27/17fb0fee-3c11-4d3d-bec5-fa8f014c3e0d.png" style="width: 50%; float: left;" class="note-float-left"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Faustina, serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Faustina, serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></span></p><p><img src="/media/django-summernote/2022-09-27/b6fdea4a-78bb-4c3a-ad27-af7e3b5aa9d4.png" style="width: 50%; float: left;" class="note-float-left"><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Faustina, serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;They captured Jupiter along with its four largest moons --</span></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Faustina, serif; font-size: 20px;">&nbsp;Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, called the Galilean satellites. Some people took the shots of&nbsp; Jupiter by using smartphones with high-end cameras, and some with large telescope that was able to see the great red spot.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Faustina, serif; font-size: 20px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Jupiter's opposition occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear larger as well as brighter than any other time of the earth.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Jupiter's closest approach to the Earth rarely coincides with opposition, which means this year's views were extraordinary.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">At its closest approach, Jupiter was approximately 365 million miles in distance from Earth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The planet is approximately 600 miles away from Earth and its the farthest point. Jupiter also has 53 named moons, but scientists believe that 79 have been detected in total.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px;">Scientists believe studying Jupiter can lead to breakthrough discoveries about the formation of the solar system.</span></p><p style="border: 0px none; list-style: outside none none; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 85px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><br></p>