Posted on 07/01/2015 3:18:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Have you seen the passing planets yet? Today the planets Jupiter and Venus pass within half a degree of each other as seen from Earth. This conjunction, visible all over the world, is quite easy to see -- just look to the west shortly after sunset. The brightest objects visible above the horizon will be Venus and Jupiter, with Venus being the brighter of the two. Featured above, the closing planets were captured two nights ago in a sunset sky graced also by high-level noctilucent clouds. In the foreground, the astrophotographer's sister takes in the vista from a bank of the Sec Reservoir in the Czech Republic. She reported this as the first time she has seen noctilucent clouds. Jupiter and Venus will appear even closer together tonight and will continue to be visible in the same part of the sky until mid-August.
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[Credit and Copyright: Petr Horalek]
I wasn’t able to see this, as we had a storm going thru all night....beautiful picture for my living room....
It was cloudy here as well. My Son and I were still able to see the bats, though.
Had some high clouds which were blocking a clear view they went away and the view was spectacular!
I can’t see it from my yard, too many trees. Probably won’t be able to pull out the telescope, too many clouds too. It has to be a lot higher in the sky to see from the yard. Have a pretty good area for the telescope, but low objects are blocked by trees.
Pic of the day is a way cool site, I’ve been keeping it bookmarked for around 10 years. Loads of cool pictures. I’ve seen Jupiter close to the moon last year, Mars at closest approach a few years ago, Saturn’s closest orbit, a couple of eclipses but won’t be able to see this one, not tonight anyway...Might have to take a ride one clear evening...
Did I read somewhere that because of the infrequency of this being visible, that some scientist believe this phenomenon could have been the Star of Bethlehem that led the wise men from the east?
This article was posted a couple days ago calling it the Star of Bethleham
I am enjoying the sight this week, and pointing it out to people as i walk the doggie.
It is AWESOME!
I should check this out...
It is opposite a brilliant full moon tonight, and is actually attracting MORE attention around here. :-)
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