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Venus

Elongation of Venus in 2020

It’s been a while since I last posted some content on my website. This, however, doesn’t mean my astronomy activity has ever stopped. Actually, there’s a lot coming up, even if most projects of mine have been put on hold by the COVID-19 outbreak that’s turned the whole world upside down. The period between February and March 2020 sported one of the best Venus elongations of these years, which provided for excellent observing conditions in the early evening. Of course […]

Venus and Jupiter conjunction

Close Encounters in the Summer Sky

In late June 2015, Jupiter and Venus (together with the Moon) put on a really nice show with a breathtaking multiple conjunction. Around mid-June, the two planets were already quite close to each other. Around June 20th, they formed a really nice triangle with the crescent Moon, fitting in a circle of just a few degrees. But the best was yet to come. As the days passed, they got even closer, until they reached the minimum distance on June 30th, […]

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