Stargazers capture Jupiter, its 4 moons in rare closest date with Earth

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.

       People took to twitter with its images and videos by saying "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," tweeted Andrew McCarthy, a stargazer from Arizona state in the US.

       They captured Jupiter along with its four largest moons -- Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, called the Galilean satellites. Some people took the shots of  Jupiter by using smartphones with high-end cameras, and some with large telescope that was able to see the great red spot.

        Jupiter's opposition occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear larger as well as brighter than any other time of the earth. Jupiter's closest approach to the Earth rarely coincides with opposition, which means this year's views were extraordinary. At its closest approach, Jupiter was approximately 365 million miles in distance from Earth.

          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.

      Scientists believe studying Jupiter can lead to breakthrough discoveries about the formation of the solar system.