When the Curves Line Up

May 6, 2022: The four bright morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn, shining like gems on a necklace, stretch across the eastern sky.  The evening moon is near Pollux while Mercury is qui…

May 5, 2022:  Morning Star Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gleam from the eastern sky this morning.  A lovely lunar crescent is in front of the Gemini as Mercury recedes into bright twilight.

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May 4, 2022:  The bright morning planets, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn, are strung along the eastern sky.  Mercury and the waxing moon are in the west-northwestern sky after sundown.  The bright …

May 3, 2022: Four morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are strung across the eastern sky, like gems on necklace, before sunup.  Mercury and the crescent moon are in the western sky as n…

May 2, 2022: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are strung across the eastern sky like gems on a necklace before sunup.  Mercury, the crescent moon, and the Pleiades star cluster are in the western sky…

May 1, 2022: Venus is close to Jupiter in the eastern sky this morning with Mars and Saturn nearby.  The crescent moon re-enters the evening sky below speedy Mercury.

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April 30, 2022:  This is the morning of the Venus – Jupiter proximate conjunction.  Mars and Saturn are nearby. Mercury is near the Pleiades in the west-northwest after sundown.

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April 29, 2022:  This evening, Mercury has a conjunction with the Pleiades star cluster.  In the eastern morning sky, four bright planets – Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn – stretch across the sky.

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April 28, 2022: Four planets – Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn – are in the eastern morning sky.  Look for Mercury and the Pleiades star cluster in the west-northwest after sundown.

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April 27, 2022: Look for the crescent moon below Venus and Jupiter.  Venus passes Neptune in a close conjunction.  Speedy Mercury is in the west, near the Pleaides star cluster after sundown.

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April 26, 2022: A spectacular lunar crescent is visible with the four morning planets, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn.  Mercury is seen in the west-northwest after sundown.

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April 25, 2022:  The crescent moon appears like a pendant on the morning planet necklace made by Jupiter, Morning Star Venus, Mars, and Saturn.  After sundown, Mercury approaches the Pleiades2022, Ap…

April 24, 2022: The thick crescent moon approaches the four morning planets – Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn – in the east-southeast before sunrise.  Mercury nears the Pleiades star cluster after s…

April 23, 2022:  The nearly half moon approaches the four morning planets – Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars in the eastern sky.  Mercury is in the west-northwest after sundown.

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April 22, 2022: Morning Star Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars are in the eastern morning sky before sunup to the east of the slightly gibbous moon.  Mercury is in the western evening sky, approaching…

April 21, 2022:  The gibbous moon is in the south before sunrise in front of Sagittarius.  Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Saturn are in the eastern sky before sunrise.  Mercury is in the west-northwest af…

August 12, 2022:  Sirius is making its first morning appearance - the heliacal rising.  Saturn, nearing its solar opposition, appears in the morning with Venus, Mars, and Jupiter.  The Ringed Wonder …

April 20, 2022:  Venus begins its approach to Jupiter, leading up to their April 30, 2022 proximate conjunction.  Mars and Saturn are to the upper right of Saturn.  Mercury is in the western sky afte…

April 16-19, 2022: Mercury passes Uranus in the evening sky.  Use a binocular to find the pair in the west-northwest after sunset.

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April 19, 2022:  The moon is in front of the stars of Scorpius.  Four bright planets – Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn – are visible before sunrise and Mercury after sunset.

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