In particular, look out for the thin crescent of the Moon near Venus on the evening of 26 April — if you have a DSLR camera and a steady tripod, perhaps try shooting some pictures of the two close by? Find a location that offers you an unobstructed view of the horizon from south to southwest an hour after sunset. The two planets almost keep pace with each other throughout the remainder of November. The pair are closest for UK-based observers on the evening of Thursday, 27 February, simultaneously visible in low-power binoculars.
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For several mornings both before and after this date, Mercury will appear to rise prior to the onset of twilight, in a dark sky, about 1 hour 45 minutes before sunup. At a brilliant magnitude of At around 5 a. After greatest elongation, Mercury will slide rapidly back toward the sun.
By the 24th it's again rising about 75 minutes before sunrise, but still should be bright enough Thereafter it will disappear into the glare of the rising sun. Superior conjunction occurs on December 19th.
Venus — continues its slow slide down from its late summer peak of prominence this month. On the 1st, it rises nearly 3 hours before sunrise, but by month's end this has been reduced to about 2 hours 15 minutes.
It also does not seem to glow with quite the dazzling radiance that it once had as it recedes from the Earth. By mid-May it has dropped to the rank of second-magnitude and it is setting before midnight. When it finally disappears into the sunset fires in late August, it will have receded to million miles million km away. It then goes on a "sabbatical" of sorts, through the balance of the summer and well into the fall.
It finally reappears late in November, low in the east-southeast sky. By New Year's Eve, it will be rising around a. It will be well on its way toward another bright opposition which will take place almost a year later on December 8, On the evening of July 13, Mars will stand very closely below a much brighter Venus. On the evening of July 30, Mars will pass closely above the 1st magnitude star Regulus in Leo.
Jupiter is quite brilliant with a silver-white luster. Evenings from Jan. Through all of , the king of the planets will be situated against the star background of Capricornus the Sea Goat.
Brightest in Aug. Jupiter is at opposition to the Sun on August 20, shining at a dazzling magnitude of On the morning of March 5, about a half hour before sunup, Jupiter will appear just to the right of Mercury. Saturn shines like a yellowish-white "star" of moderate brightness.
Its famous rings are only visible in a telescope. They were at their maximum tilt toward Earth in October and are now closing to our line of sight.
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