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Planetary conjunction

Look up, way up and wow!

The Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus all lined up over the last three nights in what is called a planetary conjunction, although technically the moon is not a planet.

In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two astronomical objects or spacecraft have either the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude, usually as observed from Earth.

When two objects always appear close to the ecliptic—such as two planets, the Moon and a planet, or the Sun and a planet—this fact implies an apparent close approach between the objects as seen in the sky.

What to see it? Tonight may well be your last chance if the skies clear enough. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury/

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