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Credit & Copyright: Dong Han
Explanation:
Lately,
bright Jupiter and fainter Mars have been easy to spot for early
morning skygazers.
Before dawn
on January 7
the two naked-eye planets will reach a close
conjunction near the horizon, only 1/4 degree apart
in predawn eastern skies.
That apparent separation corresponds to about half the
angular diameter
of a Full Moon.
Just off the wing of a high-flying aircraft in this snapshot from
early morning January 5, Jupiter (left) and Mars (middle) are also
lined-up with the well-balanced
Zubenelgenubi (right),
alpha star of the constellation Libra.
Below are lights from central Europe near Prague, Czech Republic,
planet Earth.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Jupiter - Mars
Publications with words: Jupiter - Mars
See also:
- APOD: 2023 May 24 Á Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter
- APOD: 2023 May 23 Á Jupiters Swirls from Juno
- APOD: 2023 May 2 Á Flat Rock Hills on Mars
- When Z is for Mars
- APOD: 2023 April 4 Á Olympus Mons: Largest Volcano in the Solar System
- APOD: 2023 March 15 Á Jupiter and Venus Converge over Germany
- APOD: 2023 March 6 Á Jupiter and Venus from Earth