Stargazers might be joyful to listen to that Venus and Jupiter will be seen in Thai skies for the following few nights, according to the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT).
NARIT stated the two planets will nearly contact each other in the night time sky on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nation Thailand reported. The institute said Venus and Jupiter will be visible to the naked eye at their closest conjunction and could be considered on all three nights if the skies are clear.
The two planets have been slowly moving nearer together over the previous month and are actually easy to spot within the Western skies after sundown from twilight onwards.
The conjunction of Venus and Jupiter shall be seen on the Western horizon from sundown until around 8pm from every a part of Thailand, NARIT mentioned. The planets will transfer close to the constellation of Pisces.
Smooth defined that the planets will seem in numerous configurations on the three nights.
On March 1, Jupiter might be seen approximately zero.8 degrees above Venus. On March 2, Venus shall be seen aspect by facet with Jupiter approximately zero.6 degrees apart. On March 3, Venus will be seen roughly 1.four degrees above Jupiter. The two planets will begin drifting apart from one another on March 4.
It’s value noting that Venus is the third brightest pure body in the sky after the Sun and Moon. Be sure to control the evening sky over the subsequent few nights to catch this stunning celestial event.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. Venus is usually known as Earth’s “sister planet” as a outcome of it is related in measurement and composition to Earth.
Jupiter has the strongest magnetic field of any planet in the Solar System. The planet additionally has between 80 and ninety two moons.
Both Venus and Jupiter have been visited by spacecraft. NASA’s Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to fly by Venus in 1962, whereas Jupiter has also been visited by several spacecraft..