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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Three Planets from Mt. Hamilton
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Three Planets from Mt. Hamilton
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Venus, Mercury, and Saturn wandered close [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] together in western evening skies last week. On Saturn [ http://saturn.jpl.n…fun-facts-saturn.cfm ]day, June 25, astronomer R. Jay GaBany recorded this snapshot of their eye-catching planetary conjunction, from historic Lick Observatory [ http://www.ucolick.…] on Mt. Hamilton [ http://mthamilton.u…], California, USA. The view looks toward the Pacific shortly after sunset with the lights of San Jose and the southern San Francisco Bay area in the foreground. Of course, Venus is [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the brightest of the trio. Mercury [ http://www.jpl.nasa…planets_index.html ] is nearby on the right and Saturn is below and left, closest to the horizon. Farther to the right of the planetary triangle are Pollux and Castor, twin stars [ http://stardate.org…] of Gemini, with Regulus [ http://www.astro.ui…], bright star of the constellation Leo, at the very upper left corner of the picture. In the coming days [ http://skyandtelesc…article_110_1.asp ], Venus and Mercury remain close, while Saturn continues to drop below them, toward the horizon.
Explanation
Venus, Mercury, and Saturn wandered close [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] together in western evening skies last week. On Saturn [ http://saturn.jpl.n…fun-facts-saturn.cfm ]day, June 25, astronomer R. Jay GaBany recorded this snapshot of their eye-catching planetary conjunction, from historic Lick Observatory [ http://www.ucolick.…] on Mt. Hamilton [ http://mthamilton.u…], California, USA. The view looks toward the Pacific shortly after sunset with the lights of San Jose and the southern San Francisco Bay area in the foreground. Of course, Venus is [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the brightest of the trio. Mercury [ http://www.jpl.nasa…planets_index.html ] is nearby on the right and Saturn is below and left, closest to the horizon. Farther to the right of the planetary triangle are Pollux and Castor, twin stars [ http://stardate.org…] of Gemini, with Regulus [ http://www.astro.ui…], bright star of the constellation Leo, at the very upper left corner of the picture. In the coming days [ http://skyandtelesc…article_110_1.asp ], Venus and Mercury remain close, while Saturn continues to drop below them, toward the horizon. Explanation
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Mercury
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Saturn
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Hamilton
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San Jose
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Gemini
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Venus
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REGULUS
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SPD-APOD-ap050630
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