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9 sie 2024 · The Sky This Week from August 9 to 16: A conjunction of Mars and Jupiter. It’s a busy sky this week as Mars and Jupiter meet in Taurus the Bull as the Moon waxes bright and the Perseid meteor...
Continuing its rapid eastward trek, Mars has now left the sister stars and outer planet behind though, passing north of red giant star Aldebaran. Mars will come within about 1/3 degree of Jupiter in planet Earth's sky on August 14.
1 sie 2024 · Mars is now a stunning object north of Aldebaran, the brightest star in Taurus. The Red Planet starts August at magnitude 0.8, just 0.1 magnitude brighter than Aldebaran.
31 lip 2024 · What's Up for August? A super close meetup of Jupiter and Mars, the outlook for the Perseid meteors, and see a stellar nursery in the Lagoon Nebula. During the month of August, the Red Planet, Mars, speeds past our solar system's largest planet, Jupiter, in the a.m. sky.
12 sie 2024 · On the mornings surrounding Wednesday, Aug. 14, the orbital motion of the red planet Mars will carry it very closely past brilliant, white Jupiter. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night)
31 lip 2024 · A super close meetup of Jupiter and Mars, the outlook for the Perseid meteors, and see a stellar nursery in the Lagoon Nebula. During the month of August, the Red Planet, Mars, speeds past our solar system's largest planet, Jupiter, in the a.m. sky.
13 sie 2024 · Jupiter and Mars meet in a close conjunction the morning of Aug. 14. Uranus, visible with binoculars, is not shown but lies slightly higher in the sky, near the Pleiades.
