In the night of this March 2nd Astronomy lovers will be in luck. Is that the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus will take the sky in its full splendor.
Known as the “Heavenly Kiss” Both stars will appear to meet in the sky and nearly collide, despite being separated by millions of miles.
As soon as it gets dark, only in the Northern Hemisphere will try to Venus and Jupiter which come together to signal the calendar change to spring (in that area of the planet) and the beginning of its conjunction.
The conjunction of Jupiter and Venus: when and where it will be seen
On this night, both planets, the brightest in the solar system, will reach a angular distance of one degreethat’s why an optical illusion will be generated that will appear to find them.
If it is not cloudy and there is little light pollution in the area, the wonderful phenomenon can be seen no need for binoculars or telescopes. Of course, you have to direct your gaze to the west.
That way, you can prevent the brightness of surrounding stars from affecting the show and the conjunction of the planets can be clearly appreciated.
In this sense it will be easy to differentiate one planet from another: it happens like this Venus shines brighter than Jupiter.
And the best advice: it is better to take advantage of tonight to see the conjunction because next year it will be closer to the Sun and it will not be possible to observe it.
What is a conjunction?
A planetary conjunction occurs when dTwo or more planets appear close to each other in the sky. This proximity of the planets is an optical illusion: they are actually very far apart, explains the site starwalk.space.
From an astronomical point of view, a conjunction occurs when celestial objects share the same thing same right ascension or ecliptic longitude in the sky.
A conjunction can include other celestial objects besides planets, such as moons, asteroids or starsadds the specialized site.
Source: Clarin
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