| | November 22
Spectacular! Venus and Jupiter | | | |
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 | | View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Venus and Jupiter, from our friend Dr Ski on Friday evening (this evening) in the Philippines. Thank you, Dr Ski. As the line of sunset sweeps across Earth today - and darkness falls on your part of Earth - you'll be able to see them, too. Look west! Cloudy tonight? Never fear. They'll be visible all weekend and into early December. Their conjunction will be Sunday. | | |
| Spectacular! Don't miss Venus and Jupiter | | | Wow! The sky's 2 brightest planets - Venus and Jupiter - are now drawing closer together in the west after sunset. A conjunction between the 2 planets will happen Sunday. Venus, the brightest planet in Earth's sky, will pass a scant 1.4 degrees south of Jupiter. For reference, that's about 3 moon-diameters, or about the width of your index finger held at arm's length. Don't miss this one! Read more. | | | | | Hamal is an ancient equinox star | | | It's not a super-noticeable star, but Hamal is the brightest star in Aries the Ram and can be found fairly easily. Plus Hamal has a special place in the history of the Earth and sky. Read more. | | | | | |
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|  | | | Old moon to pass Spica, Mars, Mercury | | Up and about before sunup? Let the old moon guide you to a morning line-up of 3 objects: the star Spica in Virgo, plus the planets Mars and Mercury. Saturday morning, the moon will be near Spica. Its lighted side will be pointing toward Mars and Mercury. Read more. | | | | | |
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 | | The large spiral galaxy next door | | View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Beautiful! It almost looks as if you could dive into it, especially when you view it larger. It's the Andromeda galaxy, of course - also known as M31 - our nearest large neighbor among the galaxies. Jeff Schilling in Houston, Texas, captured it last night. He wrote: "M31 with foreground Milky Way stars removed during post-processing." Thanks, Jeff! | | |
