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2016: Five Planets, Mercury & Venus, January 28

January 28, 2016 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Advertisements Clear skies prevailed this morning in the Chicago area.  The four bright planets spread across the sky from east to west, with Jupiter near

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2016: Mars & Moon, Five Planets, February 1

January 27, 2016 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Advertisements To see the five naked eye planets on the morning of February 1, look south for the moon.  Reddish Mars is 2 degrees to

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2016: Five Planets in Morning, Jupiter & Moon

January 24, 2016 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Advertisements To locate the five planets during late January 2016, the moon appears near Jupiter on the mornings of January 27 and January 28.  Venus

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2016: Five Planets in Morning Sky, January-February

January 11, 2016 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Advertisements The brilliant Morning Star Venus continues to gleam from the eastern morning sky in early 2016.  The chart above shows the rising of Venus,

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2016: Venus & Saturn, January 9

January 4, 2016 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Advertisements Brilliant Morning Star Venus passes Saturn on January 9, in the predawn sky.  Look toward the southeast as the sky brightens.  The chart shows the

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2016: Venus & Moon, January 6-7

January 4, 2016 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Advertisements The moon passes brilliant Morning Star Venus on the mornings  of January 6 and 7, 2016.  Venus is slowly fading into morning twilight as the

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2016: The Evening Sky

December 20, 2015 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Advertisements   The chart shows the setting times of the planets visible without a telescope and stars near the solar system’s orbital plane for 2016.

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2016: The Morning Sky

December 20, 2015 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Advertisements This chart shows the visibility of planets and bright stars near the planets’ orbital paths in the eastern morning sky in 2016.  The chart

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Venus and Mars This Morning, December 19, 2015

December 19, 2015 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Advertisements Brilliant Venus shines from the southeastern sky this morning near the star Zubenelgenubi.  Mars is 25 degrees to the upper right of Venus and near the

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Venus and Mars This Morning, December 11, 2015

December 11, 2015 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Advertisements Brilliant Venus gleams from the southeastern sky this morning.  Dimmer Mars is distinctly reddish, appears 20 degrees to the upper right of Venus.  In 10 days,

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Chart Caption - 2023, June 8: Saturn and the moon are in the southeastern sky before daybreak.
Chart Caption - 2023, June 8: An hour before sunrise, bright Jupiter is above the eastern horizon.
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Author's Notes: Jupiter and Saturn are in the eastern morning sky before daybreak. Mercury is below Jupiter during brighter twilight. The moon rises later and is visible before sunrise. Two bright planets are in the western evening sky. Look for Evening Star Venus. It is stepping eastward to the lower left of Pollux. Mars is near the Beehive star cluster in Cancer, to the upper left of Pollux.

Chart Caption - 2023, June 7: Venus and Mars are in the western sky after sunset.
Chart Caption - 2023, June 7: Through a binocular, Mars is to the upper left of the Beehive star cluster.
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Copyright Statement: This web site is written and edited by Dr. Jeffrey L. Hunt. The photos and diagrams are made by the author unless otherwise credited. Raw data is from the U.S. Naval Observatory, Starry Night computer program.

Content is derived from multiple astronomical sources, including the U.S. Naval Observatory, NASA, ESA, and various books, including Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets by Jean Meeus.  Starry Night and Stellarium computer programs are used as well.  Updates and corrections are made as required.  Some articles are updated at the time of actual astronomical events with new photographs.  The author strives for accurate information.

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