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2023年3月25日 Venus and the Da Vinci Glow Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgia Hofer Explanation: On March 23 early evening skygazers could watch Venus and a young crescent moon, both near the western horizon. On that date Earth’s brilliant evening star, faint lunar night side and slender sunlit crescent were captured in this telephoto skyscape posing a...
Maat Mons, a volcano on Venus that has shown signs of a recent eruption, is in the black square near the planet’s equator in this annotated, computer-simulated global map of Venus’ surface. Scientists discovered direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus by poring over archival radar images taken over 30 years ago by NASA’s Magellan miss...
2023年3月15日 Jupiter and Venus Converge over Germany Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Luy (Trier Observatory) Explanation: This was a sky to show the kids. Early this month the two brightest planets in the night sky, Jupiter and Venus, appeared to converge. At their closest, the two planets were separated by only about the angular width of the full moon....
2023年3月6日 Jupiter and Venus from Earth Image Credit & Copyright: Marek Nikodem (PPSAE) Explanation: It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter and Venus in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on the planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. Pictured here in 2012, a creative photo...
2023年3月5日 Jupiter and Venus over Italy Image Credit & Copyright: Giovanni Tumino Explanation: What are those two bright spots? Planets. A few days ago, the two brightest planets in the night sky passed within a single degree of each other in what is termed a conjunction. Visible just after sunset in much of the world, the two bright spots were Jupiter (...
2023年3月4日 10 Days of Venus and Jupiter Image Credit & Copyright: Soumyadeep Mukherjee Explanation: Venus and Jupiter may have caught your attention lately. The impending close conjunction of the two brightest planets visible in clear evening skies has been hard to miss. With Jupiter at the top, starting on February 21 and ending on March 2, their close ...
3月份的天空会发生什么？金星高高升起，而木星向太阳后方俯冲，还有一颗与你的早餐麦片同名的小行星。
Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly snapped this photo of the Earth’s crescent, the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter (from top to bottom) on Aug. 6, 2015, while he was aboard the International Space Station. These celestial bodies have been quite close in the night sky; on March 1, Venus and Jupiter were nearest to each other. For more skywatching tips, check out our ...
2023年2月27日 Zodiacal Ray with Venus and Jupiter Image Credit & Copyright: Ruslan Merzlyakov (astrorms) Explanation: What’s causing that unusual ray of light extending from the horizon? Dust orbiting the Sun. At certain times of the year, a band of sun-reflecting dust from the inner Solar System appears prominently after sunset or before sunrise and...
2023年2月25日 Crescent Moon Occultation Image Credit & Copyright: Fefo Bouvier Explanation: On February 22, a young Moon shared the western sky at sunset with bright planets Venus and Jupiter along the ecliptic plane. The beautiful celestial conjunction was visible around planet Earth. But from some locations Jupiter hid for a while, occulted by the cresce...