Two of the brightest planets in the sky are heading for a close meeting this weekend.
Venus will appear only 0.2 degrees – less than the diameter of the full moon – south of Jupiter, in what is known as a conjunction, according to astronomical site EarthSky.
In fact, the two planets will be millions of miles apart, but from Earth they will look close to a collision, experts say.
Observers of the sky will have the best view early in the morning, before the sun’s glare, and the planets will appear close to each other for a few days around April 30.
The conjunction of Venus and Jupiter culminates in the UK sky just before sunrise on Sunday, May 1, according to Astronomy Now magazine.
It said, “Given some clear mornings next week or so … you can soak up the scene with the naked eye and binoculars as the two brilliant planets quickly approach each other and then separate, leaving the couple inside the field of view. with 10 x 50 binoculars until the first six days of May. “
Venus and Jupiter will be motionless in the night sky of the United Kingdom in the coming months, and Venus will remain visible before dawn until September, Astronomy Now reported.
This is the closest Venus and Jupiter, which have appeared since August 2016, according to the astronomical site Space.
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