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[Joe Orman <joe.orman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also took a look in daylight.  With the less-than-perfectly-clear sky and my 
less-than-perfect vision, it was difficult -- Jupiter kept going in and out of 
visibility.  Then I tried Tom's technique of looking through a polarizing 
filter, which helped greatly (the roughly 90 degree separation also meant that 
Jupiter and the moon fell right in the band of maximum polarization).
 
--Joe Orman
 
Andrew Cooper  wrote:

The thought had occured to me that today would be a good time to look 
for Jupiter in the daytime. Sure enough, late this afternoon Jupiter 
was easily visible just a couple degrees east of the Moon. The roughly 
90 degree separation from Jupiter to the Sun is about perfect for a late 
afternoon attempt at a daytime Jupiter sighting.



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