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VENUS AND JUPITER will blaze brightly together in the sky after sunset tonight – and the sight will be visible with the naked eye, according to Astronomy Ireland.
The planets – the brightest and second-brightest in the sky – will come extremely close together (just 3 degrees apart) during the stunning conjunction.
Astronomy Ireland says that the amazing celestial event is occurring on the same night as its Public Lecture featuring NASA Scientist, Dr Peter Gallagher, who will explain how solar storms and northern lights work and how a new European-wide telescope project called LOFAR will allow us to learn more about the secrets of the Sun and the rest of the Universe.
The March Lecture, Seeing Solar Storms from Ireland, will take place at 8pm on Monday, 12 March, in Trinity College Dublin.
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Has been clearly visible for last couple of weeks, very nice though. Face south between 6-8 pm and line up to the right of the moon.
• Jupiter, Venus and Mercury line up just after sunset on the 4th. Binoculars may be required to spot Mercury (don’t use them until after the Sun has gone down), and they may also reveal Uranus in the same field of view, just down and to the left. It is 2° from Mercury and has a magnitude of +5.9.
Thanks for the info. All I need now is a clear night.
Here’s hoping for a clear sky. ;)
If the Mahon Tribunal can give us some Wise Men, a couple of Donkeys from Leinster House and a Baby the stage will be set !!
Boo! Why does someone always have to turn every article into a political football?
Wow, it was amazing, you could see two planets together Venus and Jupiter. EPIC!
http://solarsystemwiki.org/venus/
sky so beautiful tonight here over Moville co Donegal
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