Get your camera ready: Jupiter and Venus star in an exciting encounter next week

The first week of March will bring another spectacle when two celestial bodies meet in the sky. After the Moon and Jupiter conjunct on February 22, it’s now Venus and Jupiter that will make for a spectacular encounter with the naked eye above the head of Tigos.

Both planets will be closest in the evening at dusk on March 1. Maybe next day still but the best time would be next wednesday because then they will start looking more and more apart later on.

“It will be visible after 6:15 p.m., and the planets will be identified as two bright stars in the west, very close to each other,” explained Alejandra Leon-Castella, science educator and director of Fundación Scientec.

Venus rises in the sky at dusk, Jupiter does the opposite: it looks like it’s going down, which explains why they bump into each other on the way. Leon-Castella explained that Jupiter will continue to descend but will not be visible in the sky until March 27.

“Two Planets, The March 1, They will be crosswise and very close to each other and will be visible to the naked eye, but we must remember that they go to sleep early with Venus at around 7:48pm, when it is not visible. Those with binoculars can take advantage of the opportunity to see Jupiter’s four largest moons, Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa,” he advised.

[ Luna, Júpiter y Venus se lucieron este 22 de febrero a simple vista ]

Henceforth, the bright star in the setting sun, added the speaker venus, It is very easy to take care of and stays that way for a long time. So, he suggested that we take the opportunity to observe them together.

In astronomy, a conjunction is called the visual phenomenon of closeness between celestial bodies, which depends on the perspective of the observer, because the objects involved are actually very far from each other in space.

The rotation of the Earth means that when they look at the stars, they feel them move across the sky. However, the stars are still there: the Earth spins on its axis as it orbits the Sun.

When you look at the night sky, the stars seem to be in a different place than they were a few hours ago. This is related to the possibility of seeing these two planets at this point of the year and additionally, coming together.

Jupiter is an “outer” planet, meaning it orbits the Sun beyond Earth’s orbit. Venus is an “inner” planet, so it is considered so because its orbit around the Sun takes place in the orbit of our own planet. Venus takes 225 days to orbit the Sun and Jupiter 4,380 days (12 years).

Since both orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane (as does the Earth), all three planets in their elliptical motion periodically reach each other and stand in front of us for a few days. It will be March 1.