Jupiter's big night

On October 27th, Jupiter was in opposition to the sun and at its closest point to earth and its brightest light for the next 11 years. This painting was done on October 26th at about 10 pm facing the east because I knew that the sky would be completely overcast on the 27th. Planet Jupiter out shown all the stars on this night.


Sometimes during the evening, the altocumulus clouds obscured Jupiter. I chose a moment when the clouds were moving away to the northeast (upper left in the painting). 


Altocumulus clouds appear as parallel bands of puffy clouds in warm weather and indicate coming rain or thunderstorms.