We had a complete overcast on Sunday, but Saturday night, I saw
the both planets while driving on the highway, around 10pm: they were
well visible with a naked eye.
Igor
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Today, I received this message from my colleague who is an astronomer:
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Over the next few nights, a spectacular conjunction of Venus and Jupiter is
taking place. By 30 June, the two planets will only be 1/3 of a degree apart,
easily seen in the dusk sky to the west.
In the realm of pure speculation, the editor of the otherwise sober magazine
Sky & Telescope said:
.This current trio of Venus-Jupiter conjunctions closely resembles a similar
series in 3-2 BC that has been suggested as the Star of Bethlehem. As has
been the case in 2014-5, the first two conjunctions back then were extremely
close, the last one separated only by 1 degree, all three occurred not far
from Regulus, and all were similarly high up in the sky..
[Regulus in the constellation Leo, is the brightest star in the ecliptic.]
See the following for more details. And take a look! It is spectacular.
Really. A conjunctions between Venus and Jupiter is not too rare and happen
every few years. But such a conjunction high in the western sky near Regulus
- that is not common. An occultation, when Venus passes directly in front of
Jupiter happens every 350 years or so. The next visible one will be in about
100 years.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/venus-and-jupiter-a-dazzling-duo-062520154/
http://earthsky.org/tonight/watch-the-great-race-of-venus-and-jupiter-in-june-2015
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I hope this information would be useful to some PDMLers.
Igor
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