Feb 21, 2012 1:09 AM GMT
I know astronomy isn't something that is terribly appealing to most here on RJ, but we are about to have a "planetary alignment" in our evening sky that we don't see very often..... at all.
Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our sky (except for Mars when approaching opposition) can easily be seen in the western sky now... Venus, the brighter one at magnitude -4.3 and Jupiter, higher in the sky, straight east at about -2.5. From our line of sight, Jupiter is moving west each evening and Venus, closer to the sun than we are, is apparently close to "stationary" over the next month. Soon the two will be very close... in about 3 weeks.
It happens very rarely... so check it out. In about a week the crescent moon will add to the equation.
Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our sky (except for Mars when approaching opposition) can easily be seen in the western sky now... Venus, the brighter one at magnitude -4.3 and Jupiter, higher in the sky, straight east at about -2.5. From our line of sight, Jupiter is moving west each evening and Venus, closer to the sun than we are, is apparently close to "stationary" over the next month. Soon the two will be very close... in about 3 weeks.
It happens very rarely... so check it out. In about a week the crescent moon will add to the equation.
