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Credit & Copyright: Chris
Schur
Explanation:
Contrasting colors in this
beautiful sunset sky
were captured on June 30 from
Clear Creek Canyon Observatory in central Arizona, USA.
The twilight scene includes
brilliant Venus as the
evening
star, with a bright Saturn just above it,
shining through thin clouds.
The two wandering
planets were
a mere 1 degree apart or so,
about twice the width of the full Moon rising above the
eastern horizon on the other side of the sky.
In fact, such serene
skyviews were possible from
all over planet Earth as Venus and Saturn approached a
conjunction.
Regulus, alpha star of the
constellation
Leo, is above and to the left of the close planetary pairing.
At dusk, lights in tonight's sky will also feature
Venus and Saturn low in the west and separated by
about 2 degrees.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: conjunction - sunset
Publications with words: conjunction - sunset
See also:
- APOD: 2024 May 13 Á AR 3664 on a Setting Sun
- APOD: 2023 March 6 Á Jupiter and Venus from Earth
- Jupiter Meets Saturn: A Red Spotted Great Conjunction
- Great Conjunction over Sicilian Lighthouse
- APOD: 2020 August 2 Á Two Worlds One Sun
- Venus and Jupiter on the Horizon
- Noctilucent Clouds, Reflections, and Silhouettes