planetary conjunction Archives

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 by David Dickinson

Conjunction Alert: Jupiter Meets Venus at Dusk

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!”