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When the Curves Line Up

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2021, December 6: Venus and the moon.

2022, December 25:  Christmas Five Planet Display

November 27, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, technology

December 25, 2022:  The five bright planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – put on a Christmas Evening display after sunset.

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2022, December 10:  Gemini Moon, Overnight Planets

November 12, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy

December 10, 2022: The moon is with the Gemini Twins during the night.  Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn continue their overnight display, making the plane of the solar system.

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2022, November 25: Evening Crescent, Bright Outer Planets

October 28, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

November 25, 2022: The crescent moon returns to the southwest after sundown.  Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are along the ecliptic during the early evening.

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2022, November 19:  Morning Crescent, Evening Planet Exhibition

October 22, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

November 19, 2022: Before sunup, the waning crescent moon is in the southeast with Virgo.  During the evening see Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn at the same time.

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2022, November 15: Jupiter’s Great Display, Bright Planets

October 16, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

November 15, 2022: Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is visible through a telescope twice today.  Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn span the sky from east-northeast to the southwest during the early evening.

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2022, November 8: Morning Lunar Eclipse, Mercury, Superior Conjunction

October 9, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

November 8, 2022: A total lunar eclipse is visible across the Americas and the Pacific Ocean basin.  Mercury is at its superior conjunction.  Uranus is visible with the lunar eclipse.

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2022, November 7: Mars-Zeta Tauri Conjunction, Bright Planets

October 8, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

November 7, 2022: Mars passes Zeta Tauri, the Bull’s southern horn.  Jupiter and Saturn are visible after sundown.  The moon readies for its eclipse in the morning.

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2022, August 18: Morning Moon Approaches Mars, Summer Milky Way

July 18, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

August 18, 2022: The moon approaches Mars and the Pleiades before their rare grouping tomorrow morning.  The Milky Way is visible on moonless August evenings.

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2022, August 17: Morning Moon, Planets, Evening Milky Way

July 17, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

August 17, 2022: This morning the moon appears along the string of four morning planets that stretch from horizon to horizon.  Without a bright moon, look for the Milky Way after the end of evening twilight.

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2022, August 10: Morning Planet Parade, Bright Moon Nearly All Night

July 11, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

August 10, 2022: The four bright morning planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – continue to parade across the morning sky.  The bright moon leads Saturn and Jupiter westward during the evening hours.

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Chart Caption - 2023, January 28: Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are in the southwestern sky after sundown.
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Author's Notes: Look for Venus and Saturn in the southwest. Four bright planets are visible until month's end, when Saturn departs. "That bright star" in the south-southwest after sundown is Jupiter. The moon joins the evening sky this week. Mars is slowly moving eastward with Taurus as the starry backdrop.

Chart Caption - 2023, January 28: Mars is high in the east-southeast, above Winter’s bright evening stars.
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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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