Latest images from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope reveal the giant planet

The southern sky of late summer and fall tends to be dull for stargazing, with faint and unremarkable constellations making up most of the viewing in the primetime hours of the night.

However, through coming weeks, there will be one exception – Jupiter will be a standout, rising in the east, shortly before 9:30 p.m. tonight, and dominating its surroundings in the southeastern sky.

Appearing as the fourth-brightest object visible at night from Earth (after the sun, moon and Venus) it will look like a brilliant star, minus the distinctive twinkle, and can be spotted near the constellation of Aries, ascending high as the night progresses.

This month, NASA released a new batch of images from the James Webb Space Telescope, which included several of Jupiter.

• Radius: 43,441 miles. More than 11 times the diameter of Earth, it is twice as massive as the other seven planets combined.

• Fifth in line from the sun, Jupiter’s orbit lies between Mars and Saturn.

• Jupiter is made up of 90 percent hydrogen and 10 percent helium and does not a have a solid surface.