Jupiter transit across the sun.

[Morio Kitsune]

From mid August to the end of August Jupiter will be making its way across the sun, now my question is what gear/equipment will be needed to observe this?

[Steve Ward]

Jupiter never comes between the Sun and Earth ... !

You can only ever see transits of Venus and Mercury , the planets orbiting between the Earth and Sun .

[Morio Kitsune]

lol my fail,

[Morio Kitsune]

but before it goes behind the sun whats the chances of see it?

[Pig]

The Hubble or the Tardis if you can afford either...we are on the inner orbit of Jupiter so this will never happen for us here on earth

[Steve Ward]

Look to the West after sunset , the brighter object is Venus , the slightly dimmer one above and right of it is Jupiter ... 

[Bizibilder]

Jupiter will "align" with the Sun at this time and would (if only we could see it) appear to pass across just above the Sun's disc.  This is merely a line of sight effect as Jupiter is actually on the far side of its orbit as seen from earth.  So we have the alignment Earth, Sun, Jupiter.  We will not be able to see Jupiter with normal amateur equipment as the Sun is far too bright.

I hope this simple diagram helps (I have omitted the other planets for clarity):

[Steve Ward]

I suppose that in theory you could see Jupiter occulted by the Sun ... ? ... if Jupiter just happened to be in the right place at the moment of totality during a Total Eclipse of the Sun ... though the odds of everything and everyone being in the right place at the right time are pretty astronomical , excuse the pun ... 

[LukeSkywatcher]

Jupiter transiting the Sun..........now that would be a sight to behold.