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Conjunction Alert: Jupiter Meets Venus at Dusk

Jupiter and Venus
Invasion of the naked eye planets... shining a laser at Jupiter and Venus. Credit: Dave Dickinson

Get ready: The conjunction queries are inbound. “Did you see those two bright things in the sky last night?” Says a well-meaning family member/friend/coworker/random person on Twitter who knows you’re into astronomy. “They were HUGE!”

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Jupiter Meets Venus at Dawn in a Close Conjunction

Jupiter v Venus
Jupiter meets Venus on the morning of October 9th, 2015. Image credit and copyright: frankastro

You might be asking yourself: Where have all the planets gone?

With Mars past its epic opposition in 2018 and still lingering in the evening sky, all other naked eye planets are loitering in the early dawn for January 2019. Sure, it’s cold outside this month for folks up north, but January dawn skies offer early risers an amazing view, as Jupiter closes in on brilliant Venus for a close conjunction on the morning of January 22nd.

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