Venus-Jupiter conjunction August 27

[elleng]

On August 27, 2016, the sky’s two brightest planets Venus and Jupiter will stage the year’s closest conjunction of two planets. These worlds appear only about 1/15th degree apart on the sky’s dome. How close is that? Well, 1/15th of a degree is the equivalent of about 1/7th to 1/8th of the moon’s apparent diameter. That’s a very small span, and these two worlds will easily fit within the same binocular or telescopic field of view.

These worlds are close to the sunset, so you’ll need to look shortly after sunset to see them.

From anywhere worldwide, you’ll also want an unobstructed horizon in the direction of sunset.

http://earthsky.org/tonight/conjunction-of-venus-and-jupiter-august-27

[edhopper]

1. Cool

I'll look for them. Though in NYC it is always a crap shoot.

[dembotoz]

2. sounds like a porno

cause venus is so sexy and jupiter is soooo big