Saturn and Mars on the day of their conjunction – April 2, 2018 – via Steven A. Sweet in Toronto. Visit Steven’s Facebook page, Lunar101-MoonBook.
Saturn (left) and Mars are the 2 bright objects in this photo by Annie Lewis, taken April 2, 2018 – the morning of their conjunction – near Madrid, Spain. Saturn and Mars will remain in the same binocular field all week.
Victor C. Rogus in Arcadia, Florida also caught the planets on the morning of April 2, 2018. At conjunction, they were just 1.3 degrees apart, about a finger’s width held at arm’s length.
Mark your calendar for the morning of April 7, 2018, when the waning moon will sweep past Mars and Saturn. From North America, you have a good chance of viewing all 3 worlds – the moon, Mars and Saturn – in a single binocular field. Read more.
Saturn and Mars above the Teapot on March 30, 2018, via Patricio Leon in Santiago, Chile. He wrote on March 30: “The planets are gathering towards their close encounter on Monday.”
Planets Saturn (left) and Mars over 3 different days in March 2018, as seen by Shobhit Tiwari in Kanpur, India. He wrote on March 30: “Getting closer day by day … “
Victor C. Rogus in Arcadia, Florida caught Saturn (left) and Mars before dawn on the morning of March 30, 2018. He wrote they … “were glowing just 2° apart, above the Sagittarius Teapot. A beautiful conjunction of the angry Red Planet, Mars and the ringed wonder, Saturn, as the sun rose.” Cannon 80d camera with 50mm Carl Zeiss manual focus lens at f1,4 camera on tripod.
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Saturn and Mars on the day of their conjunction – April 2, 2018 – via Steven A. Sweet in Toronto. Visit Steven’s Facebook page, Lunar101-MoonBook.
Saturn (left) and Mars are the 2 bright objects in this photo by Annie Lewis, taken April 2, 2018 – the morning of their conjunction – near Madrid, Spain. Saturn and Mars will remain in the same binocular field all week.
Victor C. Rogus in Arcadia, Florida also caught the planets on the morning of April 2, 2018. At conjunction, they were just 1.3 degrees apart, about a finger’s width held at arm’s length.
Mark your calendar for the morning of April 7, 2018, when the waning moon will sweep past Mars and Saturn. From North America, you have a good chance of viewing all 3 worlds – the moon, Mars and Saturn – in a single binocular field. Read more.
Saturn and Mars above the Teapot on March 30, 2018, via Patricio Leon in Santiago, Chile. He wrote on March 30: “The planets are gathering towards their close encounter on Monday.”
Planets Saturn (left) and Mars over 3 different days in March 2018, as seen by Shobhit Tiwari in Kanpur, India. He wrote on March 30: “Getting closer day by day … “
Victor C. Rogus in Arcadia, Florida caught Saturn (left) and Mars before dawn on the morning of March 30, 2018. He wrote they … “were glowing just 2° apart, above the Sagittarius Teapot. A beautiful conjunction of the angry Red Planet, Mars and the ringed wonder, Saturn, as the sun rose.” Cannon 80d camera with 50mm Carl Zeiss manual focus lens at f1,4 camera on tripod.
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