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    Aug 27, 2024Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune line up in the sky. They will be best visible on August 28. However, you will need a small telescope to see some of these planets. Parade of planets on August 28. Source: phys.org Parade of planets on August 28. On August 28, you can see a parade or rather the lining up of six planets in the sky.
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    Aug 16, 2024The planet will be easy to see as the brightest object in the constellation Taurus, not far from the bright orange star Aldebaran. At the same time, it will be possible to see tiny Io very close to Jupiter. The satellite itself will be on the disk in a few minutes - at 01:52 (22:52 GMT). Jupiter's position in the sky on the night of August ...
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    Jan 2, 20256 August - Saturn and Neptune conjunction. 10 August - asteroid Pallas in opposition. 12 August - Venus and Jupiter conjunction. 12 August - maximum of the Perseid meteor shower. 19 August - Mercury at greatest westerly elongation. 7 September - total lunar eclips. 19 September - covering of Venus by the Moon in the daytime sky
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    Jul 30, 2023August 3. The Moon is 5° south of Saturn (0.6ᵐ) August 5. The Moon is 2° south of Neptune (7,8ᵐ) August 8. The Moon is in the last quarter phase; The Moon is 3° north of Jupiter (-2.4ᵐ) August 9. The Moon is 2° north of Uranus (5,8ᵐ) August 10. Mercury is at its greatest eastern elongation (27°24' from the Sun) August 13
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    Jul 28, 2024Also in August 2024 we are expecting several conjunctions and approaches of the Moon to the planets, as well as a very rare phenomenon of two moons of Jupiter passing through its disk at once. Astronomical events of August Early August. August 4. New Moon. A few days after it, if the sky is clear, it will be possible to see "Da Vinci glow ...
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    Sep 7, 2024Mars' oppositions are even more different - its orbit is even more elongated than Saturn's, and is the most elongated of all the outer planets. Every 15-17 years, the so-called great opposition occurs, when Mars reaches the magnitude of -2.9 m, becoming brighter than Jupiter.
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    Mar 27, 2023Moreover, Jupiter and Mercury will be located closer to the horizon, and Mars can be observed next to the Moon. The greenish Uranus will appear above Venus, which will become the brightest among the five planets. The big alignment of the planets on the evening of March 28, as it will look from the Northern Hemisphere. Image: Sky Tonight
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    Oct 15, 2024An international team of astronomers has confirmed that asteroid 2019 UO14 is a Saturn Trojan asteroid. As of today, it is the first such object found near the sixth planet from the Sun. Portrait of Saturn. Source: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute. Trojan asteroids are bodies located in the neighborhood of the L₄ and L₅ Lagrangian points.
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    Nov 3, 2024Saturn is currently 9 astronomical units away from us, and even Rhea, the largest of the four satellites, measures only 0.2 arc seconds. By contrast, Titan measures almost 1 arc second, so it's possible to discern its tiny disc with medium amateur telescopes, provided the sky is clear. Titan and Saturn captured by Cassini. The rings are ...
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    Sep 23, 2024Their meeting in the sky took place on September 17. There was no coverage visible in Ukraine as the Moon approached Saturn at a minimum distance of 16 angular minutes. But residents of the western regions of North America, Australia and Hawaii were able to see Saturn temporarily hidden behind the lunar disk.

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