Jupiter And Venus Conjunction

[BornFromTheVoid]

Venus and Jupiter are relatively close and bright tonight to the west, seperated by around 20^o. They will be moving closer over the next few weeks until just 3^o separates them on March 12th/13th. More info here

Even tonight they look quite impressive

The ISS is passing over here to the south west in 20 minutes also so I presume it will be passing a few places in the UK. Could make for a spectacular view.

[legritter]

high ,BORN FROM THE VOID ,just been up garden for a look at jup /ven ,very clear night ,makes you wonder mind whats out there ,probably trillions of planets times a few trillion ,i will put 12/13 th march in my diary ,regards legritter

[BornFromTheVoid]

Good evening legritter, skies are the clearest they've been in a while here.

Caught the ISS a short while ago, passed directly through Venus and Jupiter. Got a few pics and make a quick animated GIF. I've not tripod so with 1s exposures, 'tis a bit blurry.

if it doesn't work right on the forum, here's the link http://i976.photobuc...enusJupiter.gif

[legritter]

watched iss on computer with the plotting of its path about a year ago .it was passing over costa rica about 9pm at night ,within less than 30 mins it passed over southern britain . i went indoors made a cup of tea and it was passing down over bulgaria in minutes . back two years ago i watched ISS pass through lunar halo / lunar halos ,have been around millions and millions of years /ISS new boy on the block / kind of special ,moment .

[Weather-history]

The crescent moon, Venus and Jupiter more or less in a line tonight. Looks fantastic

[Aaron]

Indeed.

[Sprites]

Venus and Jupiter are relatively close and bright tonight to the west, seperated by around 20^o. They will be moving closer over the next few weeks until just 3^o separates them on March 12th/13th. More info here

Even tonight they look quite impressive

The ISS is passing over here to the south west in 20 minutes also so I presume it will be passing a few places in the UK. Could make for a spectacular view.

i saw the i.s.s. pass btween jupiter and venus last sunday, the moon was also lined up nicely tonight with the two planets. Edited February 24, 2012 by Sprites

[Sprites]

Also what was the orange coloured object in the east tonight, it was another planent maybe? , it is now in the south almost overhead.

[Winter Warmer]

Also what was the orange coloured object in the east tonight, it was another planent maybe? , it is now in the south almost overhead.

Yes its Mars looked pretty impressive tonight

[Sprites]

Yes its Mars looked pretty impressive tonight

thanks will, i knew it wasn't a chinese lantern , clear skies again tonight for many.

[Weather-history]

They looked brilliant yesterday evening in the western sky, the brightness of the two worlds easily overcoming any light pollution

[Weather-history]

They are geting closer and another planet was on view tonight and that was Mercury in the western twilight. So if the skies are clear at any stage over the next few evenings, three worlds will be on view in the evening twilight.

Edited March 4, 2012 by Mr_Data

[Walsall Wood Snow]

Don't forget Mars which is also on view in the Eastern/Southeastern horizon.

[Supercell]

I had never seen Mercury until earlier this week. Should be a good chance of observing it tomorrow in a clearer sky.

Edited March 4, 2012 by Supercell

[Summer of 95]

Spotted Mercury on Tuesday without intending to as I was walking home about 6.45pm. First time for about 2 years, and easily the highest I've seen it.

Today, however, I managed something that I'd been attempting on and off for a few years, and had all but dismissed as impossible despite astronomy manuals saying otherwise: I saw Venus in daylight. 15 minutes or so before sunset (5.48pm to be precise), but daylight nonetheless (the Sun was behind a cloud just above the horizon, and crepuscular rays were visible at the same time). I looked up to where I thought it should be, scanned around a bit, and there it was. Easily visible, about as prominent as a mag. 1-1.5 star on a dark night. 5 minutes later the sun had come out from behind the cloud and I couldn't find it again until after sunset. But I saw it.

[Crepuscular Ray]

I managed to see both Venus and Jupiter at about the same time as you. Again, the Sun was behind a cloud.

[Tim B]

Saw them last night through a gap in the clouds after sunset, very impressive.

[Backtrack]

On 12th March, they will be a mere 3 degrees apart in the sky.

I can't wait!

Skies will be clear all around the UK too.

[Evening thunder]

Interesting, I didn't know you could see Venus in daylight occasionally! Something I am going to have to try and do at some point.

On 12th March, they will be a mere 3 degrees apart in the sky.

I can't wait!

Skies will be clear all around the UK too.

Met Office seems to think otherwise, not a single even party clear symbol.. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_weather.html (can't help thinking their maps must be at least a bit wrong in that respect for next week?)

[lorenzo]

Mercury, Venus,Jupiter and Mars - all in one evening earlier this week.

Saturn visible to the naked eye also now.. Quite a show..

[Aaron]

Interesting, I didn't know you could see Venus in daylight occasionally! Something I am going to have to try and do at some point.

Met Office seems to think otherwise, not a single even party clear symbol.. http://www.metoffice...st_weather.html (can't help thinking their maps must be at least a bit wrong in that respect for next week?)

The Met Office were going for cloudy tonight but it's clear with only a few clouds in the distance.. they're automated rubbish.

[Backtrack]

Interesting, I didn't know you could see Venus in daylight occasionally! Something I am going to have to try and do at some point.

Met Office seems to think otherwise, not a single even party clear symbol.. http://www.metoffice...st_weather.html (can't help thinking their maps must be at least a bit wrong in that respect for next week?)

Never known the Met Office to be so poor.

Went for cloudy all last week, and it turned out to be sunny daily!

[Crepuscular Ray]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17324826

A short item from BBC news detailing when 5 planets - Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn - can be seen during the course of an evening at the moment.

[Polar Bear]

Recommend you view the article on BBC as Crepuscular says and also check out this site...Anyway from these I saw Mars! never really noticed it..amazing.//enus and jupiter look incredible...., Struggling though to find the moon so guess it is somewhere quite low... I so wish I had binoculars...

http://earthsky.org/tonight/best-venusjupiter-conjunction-in-years-mid-march-2012

[Crepuscular Ray]

Moonrise was just after 9.20 p.m.