Advertisements Update: On the morning of October 5, 2017, Conjunction Morning! The Venus-Mars Conjunction of November 3, 2015. The Venus-Mars Encounter, February 3, 2017.
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Jeffrey L. Hunt is an educational technologist living in suburban Chicago. When he's not learning about and implementing technology in classes, he's running or looking at the stars.
2017, July 14: Venus and Aldebaran
Advertisements Brilliant Venus shines low in the eastern sky this morning at 4:15 a.m. CDT with Aldebaran about 4 degrees away. Click the image to
Read more2017, November 13: An Epoch Venus-Jupiter Conjunction
Advertisements Update: Venus and Jupiter, Conjunction morning, November 13, 2017 The Epoch Venus-Jupiter Conjunction, August 27, 2016 An Epoch Conjunction A Venus-Jupiter Epoch (close) conjunction
Read more2018: Mars Perihelic Opposition
Advertisements Companion Articles: 2017-2019: Mars Observing Year with a Perihelic Opposition, July 27, 2018 2017-2018: Jupiter in the Claws of the Scorpion, A Triple Conjunction
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Advertisements Saturn, the Ringed Wonder, is low in the southeastern sky after sunset. While not a spectacularly bright planet, it is a spectacle through a
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Advertisements Venus rises about 2.5 hours before the sun during July, sparkling low in the predawn sky, far outshining all the stars in the sky.
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Advertisements Jupiter is that bright “star” in the southern skies at sunset. The moon appears with it twice during July. On July 1, the waxing
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Advertisements Sun During July, the length of sunlight continues to be long, slightly over 15 hours in the mid-northern latitudes. The sun’s position along the
Read more2017-2019: Mars Observing Year with a Perihelic Opposition, July 27, 2018
Advertisements Update: Jupiter, Mars and Saturn, April 10, 2018. Photo Credit: NASA (This article has many details about celestial events with Mars until 2019.
Read more2017, June 21: Venus and Moon
Advertisements That brilliant star above the moon this morning is Venus. The moon is nearly 8 degrees to the lower left of the Morning Star.
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