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Venus shines this morning in front of the stars of Gemini with its bright stars Castor and Pollux appear to the left of the bright planet. The star Betelgeuse appears to the upper right of Venus. The trio of stars are among the bright Winter Stars that shine from the southern sky during the early evening hours of the winter months. On August mornings they appear in the eastern sky during the pre-dawn hours.
For more information about sky watching events:
- 2017, August 21: Chicago’s View of the Great American Solar Eclipse
- 2017, October 5: Venus-Mars Conjunction
- 2017, November 13: Venus-Jupiter Epoch Conjunction
- 2017 Evening Planets
- 2017 Morning Planets
- Venus as a Morning Star, 2017
- Chart and Image Collection
- Jupiter’s Year with Spica: A Triple Conjunction
- 2018: Mars Perihelic Opposition
- 2017-2019: Mars Observing Year with a Perihelic Opposition, July 27, 2018