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When the Curves Line Up

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When the Curves Line Up

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November 27, 2020: The gibbous moon.

2022, July 10: Morning Planet Display, Evening Moon, Antares

June 7, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

July 10, 2022: The gap in the four-planet morning parade continues to widen.  After sundown, the bright moon is near the star Antares.

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2022, June 30: Planet Racetrack, Green Star

May 27, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

June 30, 2022: The gap between the four morning planets continues to widen.  In the evening sky a green star may lie among the stars of Scorpius that is in the south as twilight ends.

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2022, May 15: Lunar Eclipse, Morning Planet Gems

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

May 15, 2022: Look for a spectacular perigee lunar eclipse after sunset.  This occurs between the Scorpion’s pincers and forehead.  Before sunrise, four bright planets are in the eastern sky.

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2022, April 19: Scorpion Moon, Five Planets

March 12, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

April 18, 2022:  The moon is in front of the stars of Scorpius.  Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are visible before sunrise and Mercury after sunset.

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2022, February 23: Morning Planets, Moon, Evening Letter

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

February 23, 2022: Brilliant Morning Star Venus and Mars are in the south before sunup, while the moon is in the south.  The bright stars of winter make a letter in the night sky.

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2021, October 8:  Venus, Moon Group With Scorpion

September 28, 2021 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

October 8, 2021:  The crescent moon approaches Venus in the western sky this evening, leading up to tomorrow’s close grouping of Venus, the crescent moon, and the three stars of the Scorpion’s head.

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2021, October 7:  Evening Crescent, Planet Pack

September 27, 2021 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

October 7, 2021: The lunar crescent returns to the evening sky for a short visit in the western sky after sunset.  The bright planet pack – Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn – are visible during the early evening.

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2021, October – December:  Mars Conjunction, Return to Morning Sky

September 26, 2021 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

Mars is at its solar conjunction on October 7, 2021.  It begins a slow return into the morning sky. By year’s end it appears low in the southeastern sky with the moon.

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2021, October 9: Rare Grouping, Venus, Crescent Moon, Scorpius’ Head

September 19, 2021 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

October 9, 2021: A Venus-moon conjunction in Scorpius. Look for brilliant Venus, crescent moon, and the head of Scorpius in the southwest after sunset.  About every eight years, Venus and the moon appear near the head of the Scorpion after sunset.  Look for them about 45 minutes after sunset.

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2021, August 15: Moon Hits Scorpion’s Head

August 6, 2021 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

2021, August 15: Through a binocular, the slightly gibbous moon is 4.6° to the lower right of Graffias and 4.4° to the upper right of Dschubba.

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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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