Spacecraft Captures Mercury-Jupiter Conjunction

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Here’s a great shot from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft of Mercury (top planet) and Jupiter snuggling up together, along with the Pleiades cluster, all close to Sun, as seen from SOHO’s LASCO C3 instrument (Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph). SOHO has been in space since 1995, and is a workhorse of solar observing, giving us insights into the workings of the Sun, comets and other bodies in the Solar System. Check out the SOHO website for more great images.

Hat tip to @Sungrazercomets on Twitter.

One Reply to “Spacecraft Captures Mercury-Jupiter Conjunction”

  1. This is cool. I am still surprised at how wide a view LASCO C3 has. Even the Hyades is slipping into view at the bottom left.

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