Monday, October 26, 2015

Jupiter, Venus, Mars conjunction

For awhile now, Venus and Jupiter have been moving toward each other. They are now joined by much dimmer Mars and by Mercury (too close to the horizon to get in the picture). Venus is the bright one in the picture - it's closest to us, closest to the sun, and covered w/ bright reflective clouds. Jupiter is also covered w/ reflective clouds but much further away from us and the sun. Mars is pretty close to us but no reflective clouds so what we see is the color of it's red soil. You can find them in the constellation of Leo right now (look east around an hour before sunrise.)

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