Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:33 pm by globalturbo
Jupiter and Venus will nearly merge, Mars will shine nearby
On April 30, at 19:56 GMT, Venus will meet Jupiter in the constellation Pisces. The planets will be passing each other at a record short distance of 14'.
You may have seen the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in December 2020, when the two planets were only separated by 6'. This time, Jupiter and Venus will be almost as close.
From the Earth, it might seem like Venus (magnitude -4.1) and Jupiter (magnitude -2.1) are merging into one point of light, bright enough to observe with an unaided eye.
Mars will add up to the unique scene, shining nearby with a magnitude of 1.1, which, of course, is not as radiant as Venus and Jupiter combined. The best time to observe the event is in the morning.=AT2oNEIbi2be32RkZOMTqUhZ26Je33JqxVsE_kfve8zswPq56QUGKPEmwkTsYOWfhkho4KkfQBcn3YEt1Va8SOwvfc8xvGDxKaKbnSqrngc0_teiML49VqCY_GjEtp1g-jknVjZrYqYQRVxDPP0rSyy5Bic83WyUF35iBbFa1Pr5lf7pTTbSmEIQ9CMokM46TZ5ekrD6aMNZA4Gx8Q]https://starwalk.space/news/planetary-conjunctions
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In May, we are looking away from the crowded, dusty plane of our own galaxy toward a region where the sky is brimming with distant galaxies. Locate Virgo to find a concentration of roughly 2,000 galaxies and search for Coma Berenices to identify many more. Keep watching for space-based views of galaxies like the Sombrero Galaxy, M87, and M64.
