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Credit & Copyright: Josselin Desmars
Explanation:
Go outside tonight and see one of the more interesting
planetary conjunctions of recent years.
Just after
sunset, the planets
Mercury and
Venus
are visible quite near each other.
Now Venus, being commonly
discernible as one of the brightest objects in the sky,
is frequently mistaken for an airplane. (Venus will set quite slowly, though.)
Mercury, however, is dimmer and usually harder to find.
Recently, though, Mercury can be
found just to the right of Venus,
appearing increasingly below the
brighter planet over the next week.
Pictured above,
Venus and Mercury were imaged next to the famous
Notre Dame Cathedral in
Paris, France.
?A careful inspection of the image will further reveal
that the bright object nearly below Venus is iconic
Eiffel Tower.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Mercury - Venus
Publications with words: Mercury - Venus
See also:
- APOD: 2025 May 11 B The Surface of Venus from Venera 14
- MESSENGER s Last Day on Mercury
- The ISS Meets Venus
- APOD: 2025 March 16 B Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
- A Conjunction of Crescents
- APOD: 2024 September 16 B Mercurys Vivaldi Crater from BepiColombo
- APOD: 2024 January 8 B The Phases of Venus