As soon as it gets dark look towards the south and you will see a very bright white dot in the sky, this is the planet Jupiet. The largest planet in the solar system.
During the rest of winter Juptier will be in the constellatuions of Gemini the Twins, it will lie just to the right of the two bright stars Pollux and Castor.
If you have a pair of binoculars they don't have to be very powerful 7x50 will do nicely you will be able to see up to 4 dots around Jupiter these are the four big moons of Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto that were discoverd by Galileo during the winter of 1609/10.
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