Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2019 November 26
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                      Venus and Jupiter on the Horizon
          Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Juan Carlos Casado ([4]TWAN)

   Explanation: What are those two bright objects on the horizon? [5]Venus
   and [6]Jupiter. The two brightest planets in the night sky [7]passed
   very close together -- [8]angularly -- just two days ago. In real
   space, they were just about as far apart as usual, since Jupiter (on
   the right) orbits the [9]Sun around seven times farther out than Venus.
   The [10]planetary duo were captured together two days ago in a
   picturesque sunset sky from [11]Llers, [12]Catalonia, [13]Spain between
   a tree and the astrophotographer's daughter. These [14]two planets will
   continue to stand out in the [15]evening sky, toward the west, for the
   next few days, with a sliver of a [16]crescent Moon and a fainter
   [17]Saturn also visible nearby. As November ends, Jupiter will sink
   lower into the [18]sunset horizon with each subsequent night, while
   Venus will rise higher. The next Jupiter-Venus [19]conjunction will
   occur in early 2021.

                 Tomorrow's picture: ringing in a new galaxy
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   9. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151025.html
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