Brilliant Morning Star Venus closes in on Mars for this week’s conjunction. Mars is considerably dimmer and 2.5 degrees to the lower left of Venus.
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2017-2018: Jupiter’s Year in the Claws of the Scorpion, A Triple Conjunction
Update: September 12, 2018 Figure 1: Jupiter appeared in the morning sky in the fall of 2016. Introduction (There are many details in this article
Read more2017, September 30: Venus and Mars
Brilliant Morning Star Venus shines low in the eastern sky this morning. Dimmer Mars appears 3 degrees to the lower left. A very close conjunction
Read more2017, September28: Venus and Mars
Brilliant Morning Star Venus shines from the eastern sky this morning during twilight. Dimmer Mars appears 4 degrees to the lower left of Venus. Regulus
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Brilliant Morning Star Venus continues to dominate the morning sky, although it rises about 2 hours before sunrise. Dimmer Mars is 6 degrees to the
Read more2017, September 23, 2017
About two weeks before its conjunction with Mars, brilliant Morning Star Venus shines from the eastern sky during twilight, about 30 minutes before sunrise. For
Read more2017: September 22: Equinox Moon
Just a few hours after the autumnal equinox, the waxing crescent moon shines from the southwest during evening twilight. Just past 2.5 days past
Read more2017, September 20: Venus and Regulus
Brilliant morning star Venus passes about one-half degree (the apparent diameter of the moon) from Regulus this morning. The reflected sunlight from Venus provides
Read more2017, September 18: Venus, Moon, Mercury and Mars
Brilliant morning star Venus is joined by the 28-day-old moon this morning. The star Regulus appears about 1.5 degrees below the bright planet. Elusive Mercury
Read more2017, September 17: Venus and Moon
Brilliant morning star Venus shines in the eastern sky with the crescent moon this morning, The nearly 27 day-old moon is about 6.5 degrees to
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