Shortly after midnight local time on January 26th-27th the 20-21 day old waning gibbous Moon will pass within 10-11o from the blue-white star Spica. This star marks a bundle of wheat in the left hand of Virgo the Harvest Maiden.
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According to the pseudoscience of astrology the Sun enters the constellation of Scorpio the Scorpion on Tuesday October 23nd. When in fact the actual position of the Sun is still within the boundaries of the constellation of Virgo the Harvest Maiden.
Read a little more about how astrology has the Sun incorrectly placed in a previous blog, and in another blog discussing the effects of precession.
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Saturday evening September 1st look westward for the inner planet Venus to be within about 1.5o from the blue-white star Spica in the constellation Virgo the Harvest Maiden.
The pair should prove to be an interesting sight with binoculars or a wide-field telescope eyepiece. Venus shines with an apparent magnitude of -4.4, while Spica has an apparent magnitude of about 1.0.
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Thursday morning February 1st the waning gibbous Moon will be in conjunction with the star Regulus in Leo the Lion. Depending on your location the two will be anywhere from around 1o to at least 5.5o as is the separation from my location.
And while outside remember to turn toward the south and east to see Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn stretched out above the horizon. The brighter stars, Spica in Virgo the Harvest Maiden and Antares in Scorpius the Scorpion are also arranged along the same ‘line’ as the three planets.
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