Jupiter

I really really love the star map app! I was out late last night so while my friend and I were waiting for a lift home I whipped out my phone to see what was around and who would have guessed but the brightest thing in the sky was Jupiter! My friend was really cynical of the app so this morning I googled to check if it was possible and I found this website which was really helpful.

The reason that Jupiter was so bright is partly because this week we can't actually see the moon at night so Jupiter is the brightest thing in our sky. I found it weird at first that I couldn't see the moon at night because I've never really noticed before but it makes sense because of the orbits. The other reasons of course are that Jupiter is so close and so big.