by APOD Robot » Wed Jul 01, 2015 4:10 am
Venus, Jupiter, and Noctilucent Clouds
Explanation: Have you seen the passing planets yet? Today the planets
Jupiter and Venus pass within half a degree of each other
as seen from Earth. This
conjunction, visible all over the world, is
quite easy to see --
just look to the west shortly after sunset. The
brightest objects visible above the horizon will be
Venus and Jupiter, with Venus being the brighter of the two.
Featured above, the closing planets were captured two nights ago in a sunset sky graced also by high-level
noctilucent clouds. In the foreground, the astrophotographer's sister takes in the vista from a bank of the
Sec Reservoir in the
Czech Republic. She reported this as the first time she has seen
noctilucent clouds.
Jupiter and Venus will appear even closer together tonight and will continue to be visible in the same part of the sky until mid-August.
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