by APOD Robot » Tue Nov 14, 2023 5:06 am
Three Planets Rock
Explanation: In the fading darkness before dawn, a tilted triangle appeared to balance atop a
rock formation off the southern tip of
Sicily. Making up the points of the triangle are three of the four
brightest objects visible in Earthâs sky:
Jupiter,
Venus and the
Moon. Though a thin
waning crescent, most of the moonâs disk is visible due to
earthshine. Captured in this image on 2022 April 27, Venus (center) and Jupiter (left) are roughly three degrees apart -- and were headed toward a
close conjunction.
Conjunctions of
Venus and Jupiter occur about once a year and are visible either in the east before sunrise or in the west after sunset. The
featured image was taken about an hour before the
arrival of the
brightest object in Earthâs sky â
the Sun.
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