Monday Morning November 13th the inner planet Venus and one of the outer planets, Jupiter, will have a very close conjunction with Venus coming within less than one-half degree from Jupiter. Adding to the celestial scenery is the planet Mars and the 25-day old waning crescent Moon.
Both should make for a striking view with binoculars or a low-power telescope eyepiece, or as a picture. Venus will be shining at a -3.9 apparent magnitude compared with Jupiter’s -1.7 apparent magnitude.
This graphic shows a view using a 25mm eyepiece on a 6″ Dobsonian Telescope.
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