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With rainstorms for the first half of the week, I completely forgot about the #conjunction of #Venus and #Jupiter tonight.

Despite wind, rain and hail today, It cleared up this afternoon. I happened to run out for groceries and looked up from the parking lot to see a blue sky with Venus and Jupiter right next to each other!

I got out the good camera and tripod when I got home.

And I think I may have caught some of Jupiter's moons?!?

Dark blue sky, blurry bushes off to the right. In the middle of the sky are two bright spots right next to each other, the right one noticeably brighter.

$Closeup: two white circles against a dark blue background. The one on the right is bigger and has diffraction rays radiating from it. The one on the left doesn't, but there are two faint, blurry dots above it aligned with the disc.$

#stargazing #astronomy #photo

Mar 02, 2023, 04:58 AM·

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**Kelson's Photos** @kelsonv · Mar 2, 2023

Mar 2, 2023

Kelson's Photos @kelsonv

The brighter planet to the right is Venus. The almost-as-bright one to the left is Jupiter. Venus shows diffraction rays, but Jupiter doesn't...but those dots lined up on one side of it? They're in the right location to be Callisto, Ganymede and (possibly) Io!

https://astronomy.com/news/observing/2023/02/venus-and-jupiter-conjunction-2023

Astronomy.comVenus and Jupiter will soon share the same tiny part of the skyVenus and Jupiter, two bright naked-eye planets, will sit just 0.5° apart on the evening of March 1.