#VENUS AND #JUPITER ARE CONVERGING: When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look west. Venus and Jupiter are shining brightly in the twilight sky, converging for a close encounter less than 2 weeks from now. Petr Horálek sends this picture from Soneva Jani, #Maldives:
"Planets Jupiter (above) and Venus (below) are converging beautifully, a little closer every evening," says Horálek. "This image shows both of them in a romantic view of the Maldivian Soneva Jani Island."
At closest approach on March 1st, the two planets will be just 0.5 degrees apart--a beautiful pairing and one of the best astrophoto-ops of 2023. They're already an eye-catching pair.
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