May 13, 2023: The moon appears with Saturn in the southeast before sunrise. Evening planet Mars marches toward an alignment with Castor and Pollux, the Gemini Twins.
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Tag: Milky Way
2023, March 19: Morning Milky Way Season, Evening Planets
March 19, 2023: Before sunrise, the Milky Way arches across the sky from the southern hemisphere. Venus, Jupiter, and Mars are visible after sunset.
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2022, August 20: Mars-Pleiades Conjunction, Last Call Morning Planet Parade
August 20, 2022: Today is the Mars-Pleiades conjunction. This is the last morning to see the four planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn – parade together across the sky. Saturn is disappearing in the west-southwest as Venus appears in the east-northeast.
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2022, August 18: Morning Moon Approaches Mars, Summer Milky Way
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
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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Advertisements A Perseid Meteor Image Credit The player above is for the Abrams Planetarium Podcast for August 2011 August is Perseid Meteor Shower time.
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