Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Venus heads towards Spica

Venus moves towards Spica each evening until September 5th when it passes it.  From now until then, Venus will be a little closer to Spica. Saturn comes next when Venus catches it on September 18. Look to the west-southwest about 8:45 p.m. for this ever changing trio.

In this image taken August 26, Venus glows at the lower right while the much dimmer Spica twinkles to the farther left.
 
Saturn can be seen at the upper left of the image.

Such is our view from Earth...

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