Venus Jupiter conjunction

After missing the closest approach yesterday, I was relieved that I caught some break in the clouds to view the Venus and Jupiter conjunction.

The cloud bands added a nice glow to the planets. The Gallelian moons Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa are seen above Jupiter and Io is on the other side.

Airplanes kept photobombing while I was shooting Venus and Jupiter.

Moon, Jupiter and Venus

Moon, Jupiter and Venus in the western sky. Couldn’t catch them when they were closer to each other a couple of days ago. In the third photo, the moons of Jupiter can be seen if you zoom in.

Venus in 2020

Venus put on a great show in the evening sky during the Spring and Summer of 2020. It was joined by other planets like Mercury, Mars and Uranus and also our Moon. It also made nice cameo appearances with constellations like Pleiades. Here are photos of some of those instances.

Here Venus is at the top seen as a crescent with Mercury at the bottom of the frame.

Venus seen with Mars and the Moon making a lopsided smiley.

Here is Venus and Uranus.

Venus shining near the star cluster of Pleiades.