What is the most exciting planetary arrangement this year? 🧐
Planetary alignments are spectacles of astronomical proportions not just due to their participants but also the rarity of them happening again in our lifetimes. So, when an opportunity arises to witness these giant masses in a special alignment, one must make the little sacrifices like waking up before dawn to witness them. The alignment will be most visible in the hour before dawn on April 30th.
would do just fine and with a regular telescope, one would be able to see the two planets at an angular distance of 0.2 degrees. For experts at stargazing, Venus will be at a magnitude of -4. while Jupiter will be at a magnitude of -2.1. As it is a new moon night, the stars will appear brighter in the dark sky and be easier to spot.
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