Oct 3, 2020
Moon and Mars, again 10/2/20 by nathantw Via Flickr: The color of Mars and the Moon are caused by the smoke from wildfires.
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Moon and Mars, again 10/2/20 by nathantw Via Flickr: The color of Mars and the Moon are caused by the smoke from wildfires.
Easily Find Venus And Mercury In Tonight’s Sky
Look low in the west-southwest tonight in the half-hour after sunset, and you’ll see an unusual sight: both inner planets very close to each other in the twilight sky. This phenomenon is known as an appulse.
Venus and Mercury are called “inner” (or, sometimes, “inferior”) planets because they orbit the Sun inside the Earth’s orbit. Consequently, we only ever see them relatively close to the Sun, near sunrise or sunset. Venus has been known to humanity as either the “morning star” or “evening star” for thousands of years for this reason, never straying beyond about 45 degrees east or west of the Sun’s position in the sky. Mercury’s smaller orbit means it keeps to an even smaller region around the Sun, always inside about 30 degrees’ separation.
So why are we seeing both so close together right now? It’s an accident of geometry. The image below shows the same view as above, but with the outlines of the planets’ orbits superimposed as a set of lines.
Both planets are situated in their orbits in such a way that they appear close together in our night sky, along the same line of sight, even though they are separated in space by tens of millions of kilometers.
The other factor that makes both planets relatively easy to see right now is, perhaps surprisingly, the tilt of the Earth’s rotation axis with respect to the ‘plane of the solar system’ in which all the major planets appear to move, more or less. In March, the Earth is near an equinox, during which both the northern and southern hemispheres of our planet are equally illuminated by the Sun.
A consequence of this arrangement is that, seen from mid-northern latitudes on Earth just after sunset, the other planets’ orbits projected onto our night sky is almost perpendicular to the local horizon. For a given ‘elongation’ of Venus and Mercury, meaning their angular separation from the Sun, this puts the planets highest above the horizon for the year. As a result, they are seen against a darker night sky before they set, about an hour after sunset. This isn’t so important for Venus, the brightest planet in the night sky over most of its orbit, but is helpful for spotting much dimmer Mercury.
To see the elusive innermost planet, use Venus as your guide. For the next two nights, it can be found a little to the right of Venus, at a separation about the size of a full Moon. You’ll see Venus first, when the twilight is still too bright to reveal Mercury. But as the background light fades, you’ll be able to spot it as a fainter ‘star’ next to the brighter planet.
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Еще использовала свежий горячий сет @shushilda Appulse .Мне кажется что отлично вписалось в тему.
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03.01.2025, Friday at 18:27-18:32 IST - Venus and Crescent Moon illuminated 14.9% are in conjunction and appulse.
I missed a satellite pass which happened close to Venus and the satellite may have passed in between the Moon and Venus. These three photos below were clicked by my friend, NA.
Observe how the white spot (satellite pass) changes its location with respect to Venus. The satellite was ELEKTRON 1.
Check the list of celestial meetings of the Moon and planets here.
Mars, Crescent Moon, Pollux of Gemini & Venus alignment on Mars-Moon appulse.
Appulse is the least apparent distance between one celestial object and another, as seen from a third body during a given period.
So here, the apparent distance between Mars & the Moon is seen from the Earth. At least, from the definition of appulse, we realise that we living on a celestial body! First photo shot by Canon 60D with 18-135 mm Canon zoom lens, purchased today on 24 May 2023.
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