Exquisite Venus-Jupiter Conjunction
The bright light at the end of this country road is actually a remarkably close conjunction of two planets. After sunset on August 27 brilliant Venus and Jupiter almost appear as a single celestial beacon in the night skyscape taken near Lake Wivenhoe, Queensland, Australia.
A spectacular vertical panorama from the southern hemisphere, it shows the central Milky Way near zenith, posed on top of a pillar of Zodiacal light along the ecliptic plane. Of course Mars and Saturn are near the ecliptic too, just below the galaxy's central bulge. Above and left of a tree on the horizon, fleeting planet Mercury also adds to the light at the end of the road.
Image and info via APOD
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Image Credit & Copyright: Josh Calcino
What is a close conjunction?
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Thanks for sharing Miss Corina....
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