Venus is still close to Jupiter, Continue reading “Moon-Venus-Jupiter gathering”
Tag: Jupiter
Venus-Jupiter conjunction
The two brightest planets will be less than two degrees apart in the night of November 23-24, Saturday-Sunday. Continue reading “Venus-Jupiter conjunction”
Jupiter’s southerly opposition
Jupiter on June 10 is in the opposite direction from the Sun, therefore Continue reading “Jupiter’s southerly opposition”
Monday Morning Moon
Here is the sky before dawn on Monday, May 20. Continue reading “Monday Morning Moon”
A pairing of the brightest planets
Another spectacle for the pre-dawn sky, Continue reading “A pairing of the brightest planets”
This evening’s sky
Here is the scene in early twilight.
Jupiter oppositions, now and ahead
Jupiter reaches its climax of observability in the night of May 8 for America, May 9 for Europe.
Jupiter and Spica
Jupiter is now low in the evening sky,
Moon, Regulus, Jupiter
The Moon will pass south of Regulus in the night of April 6/7,
Jupiter closely touched by two
The crescent Moon will make a show with distant Jupiter, low over the sunset horizon on Friday, August 5.
And there is, in a sense, a third body in this line-up, a human-made one called Juno. Continue reading “Jupiter closely touched by two”