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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. … read more
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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. read more
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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 … read more
