Greetings sky spotters -- Trace here!
Mid-week we re going to get a lovely clump
of two planets with our beautiful crescent
moon, all right after sunset.
It s so exciting!
Pack an appetizer and head to sunset rock.
Every town has one of those, right?
Once you re all set, look SOUTH after sundown
on November 18th and find a bright spot near
the moon, that s Jupiter!
On the the next night, the Moon is to the
left of the other bright light: Saturn.
Incredible!
I never get over that we can see our planetary
pals out there as we all orbit this miasma
of incandescent plasma.
This event is what astronomers call a conjunction
-- it means sky objects are near each other
in the sky.
The planets aren t ACTUALLY close to each
other -- it just appears so from our position.
This conjunction is good practice for NEXT
month -- when we have a Great Conjunction.
Get ready, and keep lookin up!