[BenLurkin]

Will you see it? Comet Jacques will pass about 3.5 degrees north of brilliant Venus tomorrow morning July 13. This map shows the sky facing northeast about 1 hour before sunrise when the comet will be 10° high in the northeastern sky. Stellarium

[EEGator]

[real saxophonist]

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Gustav Holst Venus

Gustav Holst Mercury

[Verginius Rufus]

Meanwhile, on July 13 Mars will be in conjunction with Spica (1.3 degrees separation) in the evening sky.

Despite Spica being a binary star with a luminosity 12,000 times that of the sun, the event is not expect to harm Mars. In fact, in 1783 Venus actually occulted Spica without suffering any damage.

[Talisker]

Comets can be spirals, Venus can be a crescent...

Hackpen Hill, nr Winterbourne Bassett, Wiltshire. United Kingdom. Reported 8th July.