Good evening fellow stargazers!
This evening just after sunset as darkness began to fall, I looked to the western sky for the bright evening wanderer, Venus and the bright star Regulus to appear in conjunction.
A conjunction is when two heavenly bodies appear very near to the north and south of each other in the night sky. At this particular
conjunction, Venus sweeps to approximately 1.1 degree northeast of Regulus. One degree is equal to about two moon-diameters.
Venus is the brightest of all the planets, the third-brightest celestial body to light up the
sky after the sun and Luna (the moon). Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion, and ranks as a 1st-magnitude star.
As you can see from the outstanding shots I took at the tree line, Venus can be seen easily and beams nearly 150 times more brilliantly than Regulus, the only 1st-magnitude star to sit almost squarely on the ecliptic.
As you can see from the outstanding shots I took at the tree line, Venus can be seen easily and beams nearly 150 times more brilliantly than Regulus, the only 1st-magnitude star to sit almost squarely on the ecliptic.
Well I hope y'all enjoyed my photos.
Later on at the end of the month Mars will reach opposition to the Earth and will be very bright and visible next to the full moon. God willing and clear skies permitting, this blogger will try and get some shots of that meeting.
Until then, have a wonderful evening, and y'all keeping looking to the night skies, ya hear?
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