BrandonL
08-28-2004, 08:53 PM
Good times for sky-watchers!
Evening sky watchers might be asking themselves, "Where did all the planets go?" With Jupiter having disappeared into the bright evening twilight during this past week, the evening sky is now totally devoid of any bright planets.
Morning is the time to find planets.
Venus and Saturn are easily visible and will be putting on a predawn show during this upcoming week in the eastern sky, gradually appearing to close in on each other until Aug. 31 when they’ll be in conjunction, just under 2 degrees apart in our sky To visualize this, consider that the apparent width of the Full Moon is equal to ½ degree and that the width of your fist held at arm’s length is roughly equal to 10 degrees.
The two planets will pull away from each other during September.
http://space.com/spacewatch/040827_venus_saturn.html
Evening sky watchers might be asking themselves, "Where did all the planets go?" With Jupiter having disappeared into the bright evening twilight during this past week, the evening sky is now totally devoid of any bright planets.
Morning is the time to find planets.
Venus and Saturn are easily visible and will be putting on a predawn show during this upcoming week in the eastern sky, gradually appearing to close in on each other until Aug. 31 when they’ll be in conjunction, just under 2 degrees apart in our sky To visualize this, consider that the apparent width of the Full Moon is equal to ½ degree and that the width of your fist held at arm’s length is roughly equal to 10 degrees.
The two planets will pull away from each other during September.
http://space.com/spacewatch/040827_venus_saturn.html