Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2019 November 26

                      Venus and Jupiter on the Horizon
             Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado (TWAN)

   Explanation: What are those two bright objects on the horizon? Venus
   and Jupiter. The two brightest planets in the night sky passed very
   close together -- angularly -- just two days ago. In real space, they
   were just about as far apart as usual, since Jupiter (on the right)
   orbits the Sun around seven times farther out than Venus. The planetary
   duo were captured together two days ago in a picturesque sunset sky
   from Llers, Catalonia, Spain between a tree and the astrophotographer's
   daughter. These two planets will continue to stand out in the evening
   sky, toward the west, for the next few days, with a sliver of a
   crescent Moon and a fainter Saturn also visible nearby. As November
   ends, Jupiter will sink lower into the sunset horizon with each
   subsequent night, while Venus will rise higher. The next Jupiter-Venus
   conjunction will occur in early 2021.

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