[AstroNet] Great planet-sighting opportunity for SA, Saturday 20th June

[Claire Flanagan]

Look for the young crescent Moon in the west, early evening, Saturday 20th
June - the two very bright "stars" nearby, forming a lovely triangle with
the Moon, are Venus (below) and Jupiter.  

 

Jupiter and Venus are the brightest "stars" in our skies this month - keep
an eye on them for the next few weeks - they will move closer together and
pass each other at the end of the month.  When the Moon orbits back into
this part of the sky (18th July), a similar triangle will be seen, but with
Venus above Jupiter.  

 

Go out as soon as it gets dark for this - they set in the west early in the
evening.

 

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Claire Flanagan

Claireflan55 at gmail.com

www.moonshadowmix.co.za

 

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