Opposition means that during the weekend the Earth is located directly between the Sun and Jupiter, which makes Jupiter shine extra brightly from our point of view, writes the American space agency NASA.
Only Venus and the Moon are brighter right now. Jupiter is currently in the constellation Gemini.
Throughout January, on cloudless nights, it is also possible to see the Beehive star cluster - which contains over 1,000 stars - in the night sky. But you will need binoculars, according to NASA.
