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When the Curves Line Up

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Venus from Galileo (NASA photo)

2023, February 18: Morning’s Brightest Stars, Evening Planet Performance

January 24, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

February 18, 2023: The predawn sky has the brightest stars in the celestial northern hemisphere. After sundown, Venus approaches Jupiter and Mars marches eastward with Taurus.

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2023, February 16: Saturn at Conjunction, Teapot Moon

January 22, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

February 16, 2023: Saturn is at conjunction today.  The morning crescent moon is with Sagittarius, popularly known as the Teapot.  The three bright outer planets are in the evening sky.

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2023, February 8: Gibbous Moon, Mars Marches Eastward

January 13, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

February 8, 2023: The gibbous moon is visible before daybreak and again later in the evening.  With brilliant Venus and Jupiter in the west-southwest, Mars marches eastward against Taurus in the southeastern sky.

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2023, January 30: Goodbye, Saturn, Mars-Moon Encounter, Mars-Aldebaran Conjunction

January 4, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

January 30, 2023: Saturn leaves the evening sky.  The moon passes very close to Mars.  Mars has a wide conjunction with Aldebaran

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2023, January 29: Mercury, Greatest Elongation, Evening Moon, Pleiades

January 3, 2023 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

January 29, 2023: Mercury is at its greatest angular separation from the sun during morning twilight.  After sundown, look for four planets and the gibbous moon near the Pleiades star cluster.

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2023, January 26: Mercury’s Morning Appearance, Bright Evening Planet Parade

December 31, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

January 26, 2023: Mercury is the lone bright planet in eastern morning sky before sunup.  Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – and the moon parade in the evening sky.

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2023, January 23: Morning Mercury, Venus Planet Parade

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

January 23, 2023: Mercury is visible in the southeast before sunup.  Saturn, Venus, Moon, Jupiter, and Mars span the sky after sundown in a pretty planet parade.

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2023, January 22: Venus-Saturn Conjunction, Morning Mercury

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

January 22, 2023: This evening is the Venus-Saturn conjunction.  The Evening Star passes 0.4° to the lower left of Saturn.  Elusive Mercury is visible before sunup.

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2023, January 21: New Moon Signals Lunar New Year, Venus-Saturn Conjunction Eve

December 26, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

January 21, 2023: The lunar New Year starts at the New Moon.  One evening before their conjunction, Venus closes in on Saturn.  Two famous triangles are visible after sundown.

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2023, January 20: Morning Mercury, Venus-Saturn Conjunction Countdown

December 25, 2022 Jeffrey L. Hunt Astronomy, Sky Watching

January 20, 2023: Mercury is visible in low in the southeastern sky.  The Venus-Saturn conjunction occurs in two nights.  Venus closes in.

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Chart Caption - 2023, January 23: The crescent moon, Venus, Saturn after sundown.
Chart Caption - 2023, January 26: Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and the moon 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 26: Mars is high in the east-southeast during the evening. Taurus forms the sidereal backdrop.
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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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